Syllabic Writing on Cyprus and its Context (Hardcover)

Introduction: syllabic writing on Cyprus and its context Philippa M. Steele; 1. The development of Cypriot syllabaries, from Enkomi to Kafizin Jean-Pierre Olivier; 2. Non-Greek languages of ancient Cyprus and their scripts: Cypro-Minoan 1-3 Yves Duhoux; 3. Writing in Cypro-Minoan: one script, too many? Silvia Ferrara; 4. Late Cypriot writing in context Susan Sherratt; 5. From the Cypro-Minoan to the Cypro-Greek syllabaries: linguistic remarks on the script reform Markus Egetmeyer; 6. The Cypriot syllabary as a royal signature: the political context of the syllabic script in the Iron Age Maria Iacovou; 7. Rethinking some alphabetic and syllabic Cypriot inscriptions Massimo Perna.