Reading the past
Subtitle: ancient writing from cuneiform to the alphabet
By: introduced by J.T. Hooker.
Contributors: Hooker, J. T.
Edition: Paperback ed.
Series: Reading the past series
Publisher: British Museum Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780714180779
Subjects: Writing -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cuneiform / C.B.F. Walker; title: Egyptian hieroglyphs / W.V. Davies; title: Linear B and related scripts / John Chadwick; title: The early alphabet / John F. Healey; title: Greek inscriptions / B.F. Cook; title: Etruscan / Larissa Bonfante.