Cracking Codes The Rosetta Stone and Decipherment
Language: English
Published by University of California Press, Berkeley Ca., 1999
- First Edition
- Softcover
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Softcover, 208 pages in fine condition, light wear to cover edges. here is the story of the stone's discovery and the so called battle of the decipherers which it inspired. this book also examines the wider issues of script and writing in ancient Egypt and beyond. Discusses the relationship between hieroglyphs and art, the social presitge of literacy, the power of writing, and the practical aspects of writing. A brief description of other decipherments is also given.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Title
- Cracking Codes The Rosetta Stone and Decipherment
- Author
- Richard Parkinson
- Publisher
- University of California Press, Berkeley Ca.
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- No Dust Jacket
- Binding
- Softcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0520222482
- ISBN 13
- 9780520222489
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- History, Travel
The Rosetta Stone is a fragment of a stela inscribed with a priestly decree in honor of Ptolemy V. The main significance of the text lies not in its content, however, but in the fact that it is written in three scriptshieroglyphic, demotic, and ancient Greek. Early Orientalists recognized immediately the potential of the Stone for the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs. Thomas Young made great advances, especially with the demotic text, but it was Jean-François Champollion who made the final breakthrough in 1822. In so doing he cracked much more than two Egyptian scripts: He opened up Egyptian culture as a whole to historians.
Among the subjects discussed in Cracking Codes are the relationship between hieroglyphs and art, the social prestige of literacy, and the power of writing and its practical aspects (scribal equipment and training). A brief description of other decipherments is also given, drawing on examples such as Linear B and Meroitica language which remains to be read.
A selection of the History Book Club, the Book-of-the-Month Club, and the Quality Paperback Book Club
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