Individuality and Identity in Cuneiform: Personalising Writing Practices in the Neo-Sumerian (Ur III) and Old Assyrian Periods
(2022)
Thesis
Touillon-Ricci, M. Individuality and Identity in Cuneiform: Personalising Writing Practices in the Neo-Sumerian (Ur III) and Old Assyrian Periods. (Thesis). SOAS University of London and The British Museum
Writing is a product of the hand as much as of the mind; not an innate ability, it is a learned and practised skill, a combination of rules and standards performed by individuals. Inscribed objects, beyond their documentary content, materialise the w... Read More about Individuality and Identity in Cuneiform: Personalising Writing Practices in the Neo-Sumerian (Ur III) and Old Assyrian Periods.