An edition of Extinct languages
(1957)
Extinct Languages
New Ed edition
by Johannes Friedrich and Johannes Friedrich
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Study of the history and methods of decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics and the cuneiform writing of a number of scripts and languages of the ancient world.
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History, Writing, Alphabet, Extinct languages, Inscriptions, Schrift, Writing, history, PaleographyShowing 6 featured editions. View all 21 editions?
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Extinct Languages
June 1995, Dorset Press
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Part one : The three great decipherments in the study of the ancient Orient.
The Egyptian hieroglyphics
Cuneiform writing
The Hittite hieroglyphic writing
Part two : The decipherment and study of other scripts and languages of the Old World.
The decipherment of other unknown scripts and languages
The decipherment of other unknown scripts
The translation of other unknown languages
Part three : Principles of the methodology of the decipherment of extinct scripts and languages
Part four : A few examples of undeciphered scripts.
The Sinaitic scripts
The Cretan-Minoan script
The Carian script
The Indus Valley script
The Physical Object
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