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The Meroitic Language and Writing System Rilly, Claude (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris)
The Meroitic Language and Writing System
Rilly, Claude (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris)
This book provides an introduction to the Meroitic language and writing system that was used between ca. 300 BC and 400 AD in the kingdom of Meroe, which existed in what is now Sudan and Egyptian Nubia. This book details advances in the understanding of Meroitic, a language that until recently was considered untranslatable.
262 pages, 14 b/w illus. 3 maps 237 tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 27, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9781107008663 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 262 |
| Dimensions | 158 × 236 × 22 mm · 498 g |
| Language | English |