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Literacy, Scribal Cultures, Writing and Writing Systems

Collection created August 2023

32 Total Resources

32 resources. Showing results 1 through 10.

Roubekas/Theorizing "Religion", 8. Ancient Mesopotamian Scholars, Ritual Speech and Theorizing Religion
Uploaded May, 2023
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- book chapter
- theorizing 'religion' in antiquity
- mesopotamia
- scribal class
- classification
- taxonomy
- akkadian
- ritual practice texts
- incantation
- linguistic analysis
- divine communication
- ritual
- systems of order
- religion
- technology
- text retrieval
- text management system
Ebeling/Literary Sumerian, 8. Gendered literacy and numeracy
Uploaded June, 2023
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- book chapter
- analysing literary sumerian
- sumerian
- literature
- scribal class
- education
- cultural models
- enculturation
- exemplarism
- literacy
- numeracy
- writing
- technology
- gender
- gods and goddesses
- measures/measurement
- professionalization
- knowlege deities
- deity-benefactor
- heavenly wisdom
- mesopotamian goddesses
- female literacy
Baines/Disappearance of Writing Systems, 6. Whatever Happened to Kharoṣṭhī?
Uploaded July, 2022
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- book chapter
- the disappearance of writing systems
- kharoṣṭhī
- writing systems
- north india
- assimilation
- buddhist identity
- orality
Baines/Disappearance of Writing Systems, 13. The Manchu Case
Uploaded July, 2022
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- book chapter
- the disappearance of writing systems
- manchu
- language and power
- writing systems
- china
Baines/Disappearance of Writing Systems, 14. Revelatory Scripts, ‘the Unlettered Genius’, and the Appearance and Disappearance of Writing
Uploaded June, 2022
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- book chapter
- the disappearance of writing systems
- indigenous religions
- millenarianism
- colonization
- revelation
- sacred texts
- colonialism
- writing
- literacy
- meso-america
- africa
- native american
- interreligous encounter
- revealed scripts
- prophetic
- communication
- cultural attrition
Baines/Disappearance of Writing Systems, 16. Writing and its Multiple Disappearances
Uploaded February, 2023
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- book chapter
- the disappearance of writing systems
- writing systems
- literacy
- communication
- cultural attrition
Baines/Disappearance of Writing Systems, 2. Hieroglyphic Luwian
Uploaded February, 2023
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- book chapter
- the disappearance of writing systems
- cultural attrition
- writing systems
- ancient near east
- luwian
- clay seals
- hattusa
- bronze age
- literacy
Baines/Disappearance of Writing Systems, 1. Now You See It; Now You Don’t!
Uploaded February, 2023
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- book chapter
- the disappearance of writing systems
- linear a
- writing systems
- cultural attrition
- ancient mediterranean
- literacy
- communication
Baines/Disappearance of Writing Systems, 5. Script Obsolescence in Ancient Italy
Uploaded February, 2023
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- book chapter
- the disappearance of writing systems
- writing systems
- cultural attrition
- intercultural
- pre-roman italy
- elites
- identity
- rome
- ancient rome
- power
- romanization of italy
- acculturation
Baines/Disappearance of Writing Systems, 8. The Last Traces of Meroitic?
Uploaded February, 2023
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- book chapter
- the disappearance of writing systems
- writing systems
- literacy
- cultural attrition
- communication
- meroitic
- kush
- ancient near east
- nile valley

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