Identity marks in ancient Egypt: Scribal and non-scribal modes of visual communication

Author(s):
Haring, B.J.J. (0000-0002-8405-3606)
Editor(s):
Jasink, A.M.; Weingarten, J.; Ferrara, S.
Published
2018
Publication type
Part of book or chapter of book

Abstract

Writing – of any type – is a highly complex system of visual communication,

but it is by no means the only such system in societies that make use of it. It is always

accompanied by other graphic codes, some of which present striking resemblances to writing. The interchange between these codes (including the exchange of systemic features and of graphic morphology) is fascinating. Examples of such interchange can be seen in Ancient Egyptian marking systems as related to hieroglyphic and cursive writing1.

Date issued
2018-01-12
Language
English
Publisher
Florence: Firenze University Press
Is part of
Non-scribal Communication Media in the Bronze Age Aegean and Surrounding Areas. The semantics of a-literate and proto-literate media (seals, potmarks, mason’s marks, seal-impressed pottery, ideograms and logograms, and related systems (2018), Pt. 9, p. 233-246
ISBN source
9788864536361
hdl
1887/79592