Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xx, 279 pages)
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ISBN:
9781107337558
Series Statement:
Cambridge classical studies
Content:
This pioneering volume approaches the languages and scripts of ancient Cyprus from an interdisciplinary point of view, with a primarily linguistic and epigraphic approach supplemented by a consideration of their historical and cultural context. The focus is on furthering our knowledge of the non-Greek languages/scripts, as well as appreciating their place in relation to the much better understood Greek language on the island. Following on from recent advances in Cypro-Minoan studies, these difficult, mostly Late Bronze Age inscriptions are reassessed from first principles. The same approach is taken for non-Greek languages written in the Cypriot Syllabic script during the first millennium BC, chiefly the one usually referred to as Eteocypriot. The final section is then dedicated to the Phoenician language, which was in use on Cyprus for some hundreds of years. The result is a careful reappraisal of these languages/scripts after more than a century of sometimes controversial scholarship
Content:
Cypro-minoan: The Cypro-Minoan corpus -- Defining Cypro-Minoan and establishing the corpus -- Decipherment attempts -- The chronological and geographical distribution of Cypro-Minoan -- Epigraphic analysis -- The categorisation of the script(s) -- The origins of Cypro-Minoan -- Sign values -- The language(s) of the Cypro-Minoan inscriptions -- Lexicology and syntax -- Morphology -- Phonology -- Onomastics -- Linguistic affinities -- Cypro-Minoan in context -- The spread of Cypro-Minoan literacy -- The population of late bronze age Cyprus -- Cypro-Minoan case study: the Opheltau inscription -- Eteocypriot: The Eteocypriot corpus -- Early scholarship on Eteocypriot -- Defining Eteocypriot and establishing the corpus -- The chronological and geographical distribution of Eteocypriot -- The Eteocypriot language -- Lexicology -- Morphology -- Phonology -- Onomastics -- Linguistic affinities -- Eteocypriot in context: Eteocypriot at Amathus -- Eteocypriot case study: the Amathus bilingual -- Phoenician: The Cypriot Phoenician corpus -- The chronological distribution of Cypriot Phoenician -- The geographical distribution of Cypriot Phoenician -- Dialectal features -- Phoenician in contact -- Bilingual inscriptions -- Loanwords -- Onomastics -- Phoenician in context: Phoenician at Kition -- Phoenician case study: Baal of Lebanon bronze bowl -- Inscriptions
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107042865
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107617414
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9781107042865
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781107337558
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Author information:
Steele, Philippa M. 1983-
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