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Edited by Philip J. Boyes and Philippa M. Steele, this collection examines the early development of alphabetic writing around the Levant and Mediterranean. Its contributors study the relationships among scripts during the second and first millennia BCE, bringing different bodies of evidence into conversation.
The essays explore how writing systems develop through contact, adaptation and local practice. Individual studies contribute to a wider account of the movement of signs and conventions between communities. The book is a scholarly examination of ancient writing and its interpretation, with supporting references and illustrations accompanying the arguments.