Visual code in the Nahalmishmar Hoard : the earliest case of proto-writing?
Abstract: Visual codes including three types of signs (logograms, phonograms and determinatives) are the earliest stage in the development of writing. Until recently, the oldest known visual code identified so far, the early precursor of the hieroglyphs, has been discovered in pre-Dynastic Egypti...
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Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Departamento de Historia. Centro de Estudios de Historia del Antiguo Oriente
2019
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| Sumario: | Abstract: Visual codes including three types of signs (logograms, phonograms and determinatives)
are the earliest stage in the development of writing. Until recently, the oldest
known visual code identified so far, the early precursor of the hieroglyphs, has been
discovered in pre-Dynastic Egyptian context (Tomb U-j, near Abydos, 3320 BCE).
An examination of artifacts from the Nahal Mishmar copper hoard (end fifth millennium
BCE) suggests the development of a visual code that employs these three types
of signs in Southern Levant, many centuries before its earliest expression in Egypt
and in Mesopotamia. This visual code is tridimensional, and its encoded messages
focus on metallurgical processes and their cultural significance. The implications for
our understanding of the Ghassulian culture and the development of writing in the
Ancient Near East are discussed. |
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