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DSQC |
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| Classification number |
P211 |
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.N38 1982 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Naveh, Joseph. |
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| Title |
Early history of the alphabet : |
| Remainder of title |
an introduction to West Semitic epigraphy and palaeography / |
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by Joseph Naveh. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Jerusalem : |
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Magnes Press, Hebrew University ; |
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Leiden, Netherlands : |
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E.J. Brill, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
1982. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
ix, 211 p., 24 p. of plates : |
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ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
23 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
I. Introduction : 1. Inscriptions and Manuscripts - 2. Epigraphy and Palaeography - 3. The Development of Scripts and Script Styles - 4. Semitic Languages and Scripts -- II. The Rise of the Semitic Script : 1. Ackground : a. Sumerian cuneiform writing - b. Egyptian hieroglyphic script - c. The Hittite "hieroglyphic" script - d. The Cretan script - e. Undeciphered scripts in Syria-Palestine - 2. The Beginnings of the Alphabet -- III. The South Semitic Scripts -- IV. The West Semitic Scripts : 1. The Phoenician Script - 2. The Hebrew Script - 3. The Aramaic Script - 4. Comparative Aspects of the Phoenician, Hebrew and Aramaic Scripts - 5. The Scripts of Israel's Neighbours - 6. The Change from Hebrew to Jewish Script -- V. The Development of the Later Aramaic Offshoots : 1. Aramaic Writing in the Iranian World - 2. The Aramaic Script in the East : a. The South Mesopotamian branch - b. The North Mesopotamian branch - c. The Palmyrene-Syriac branch - 3. The Nabataean Script and the Rise of the Arabic Script - 4. The Jewish Script -- VI. The Antiquity of the Greek Alphabet. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Alphabet |
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History. |
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Semitic languages, West |
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Alphabet. |
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Inscriptions, Semitic. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Paleography, Semitic. |
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Library of Congress Classification |
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Books |