Writing has proven a fascinating, as well as fruitful, topic in recent scholarly discussions of the ancient world. Writing Around the Ancient Mediterranean: Practices and Adaptations represents a most welcome contribution to this field of study, offering twelve chapters on aspects of relations between scripts covering a broad geographic and chronological span. This is a critical review of the volume.

Philippa M. Steele and Philip J. Boyes, eds. Writing Around the Ancient Mediterranean: Practices and Adaptations (Contexts of and Relations between Early Writing Systems 6. Oxford & Philadelphia: Oxbow Books, 2022, 320 pp., hbk, ISBN 978-1-78925-850-9) / Montecchi, Barbara. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY. - ISSN 1461-9571. - ELETTRONICO. - 26:(2023), pp. 528-531. [10.1017/eaa.2023.27]

Philippa M. Steele and Philip J. Boyes, eds. Writing Around the Ancient Mediterranean: Practices and Adaptations (Contexts of and Relations between Early Writing Systems 6. Oxford & Philadelphia: Oxbow Books, 2022, 320 pp., hbk, ISBN 978-1-78925-850-9)

Montecchi, Barbara
2023

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Writing has proven a fascinating, as well as fruitful, topic in recent scholarly discussions of the ancient world. Writing Around the Ancient Mediterranean: Practices and Adaptations represents a most welcome contribution to this field of study, offering twelve chapters on aspects of relations between scripts covering a broad geographic and chronological span. This is a critical review of the volume.
2023
Montecchi, Barbara
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