The Making of a Script: Cretan Hieroglyphic and the Quest for Its Origins

What is the origin of the earliest script in Europe? Is it invented locally or borrowed from an external template? How can we go about addressing this problem? A common view is that the script in question, Cretan Hieroglyphic, is locally cr...

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Authors: Ferrara, Silvia 1976- (Author) ; Montecchi, Barbara (Author) ; Valério, Miguel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Chicago Press 2021
In: Bulletin of ASOR
Year: 2021, Volume: 386, Pages: 1-22
Further subjects:B Aegean studies
B Egyptian writing systems
B Cretan hieroglyphic writing system
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