Cretan Hieroglyphic

by: Civitillo, M. Ferrara, S. Meissner, T.

Cretan Hieroglyphic
Part of Cambridge Classical Studies

Editors:Matilde Civitillo, Università degli Studi della Campania ?Luigi Vanvitelli?Silvia Ferrara, Università degli Studi, Bologna, ItalyTorsten Meissner, University of Cambridge
Anna Margherita Jasink, Brent Davis, Ester Salgarella, Georgia Flouda, John Bennet, John G. Younger, Judith Weingarten, Louis Godart, Matilde Civitillo, Miguel Valério, Philippa M. Steele, Silvia Ferrara, Torsten Meissner, Vassilis Petrakis
Date Published: October 2024

Nearly 4000 years ago a hieroglyphic script was used on Crete which predates Linear A and Linear B, indeed any other writing in Europe, but remains undeciphered since its discovery at the beginning of the twentieth century. This is the first comprehensive account of this script, which is analysed by the leading experts through an array of lenses, including archaeology, philology, palaeography, cognitive studies and decipherment theory, in order to showcase its importance in the history of writing. The book takes a broad approach to writing, understanding it not solely or even mainly as a visual tool to convey language, but primarily as a social and cultural phenomenon rooted in agency, materiality, and semiotics. The volume will provide an invaluable tool for scholars and will facilitate further research. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Offers the first complete overview of all aspects of Cretan Hieroglyphic writing
Explores new approaches, both interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary, to the earliest, least understood and still undeciphered script from the Aegean
Adopts a broad approach to writing, understanding it primarily as a social and cultural phenomenon rooted in agency, materiality, and semiotics

Table of Contents
Preface: The Cretan Hieroglyphic Script and Problems of Decipherment Louis Godart
Introduction Matilde Civitillo, Silvia Ferrara and Torsten Meissner
1. Cretan Hieroglyphic Sign Repertoires: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Silvia Ferrara
2. Origins and Interface with Iconography Miguel Valério
3. Cretan Hieroglyphic Writing as a System of Visual Encoding: Iconicity and Graphic Communication Georgia Flouda
4. Macro View: Uses, Social Practices, and Ideological Implications of Hieroglyphic Texts Anna Margherita Jasink and Judith Weingarten
5. Forms, Materials and Sequence Matilde Civitillo
6. Scribal Practices, Syntax, and Morphology Philippa M. Steele
7. The Relationship between Cretan Hieroglyphic and the other Cretan Scripts Torsten Meissner and Ester Salgarella
8. Investigations into the Language(s) behind Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A Brent Davis
9. The Future of Cretan Hieroglyphs: Outlooks and Trajectories John Bennet And Vassilis Petrakis
Epilogue John G. Younger
Appendix
Indexes
Concordances
Bibliography.

Cretan Hieroglyphic

by: Civitillo, M. Ferrara, S. Meissner, T.

• ISBN-13: 9781009490108 / 978-1-00-949010-8
• ISBN-03: 1009490109 / 1-00-949010-9
• Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2024