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Sign, Symbol, Script. An Exhibition on the Origins of Writing and the Alphabet

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Editors

Martha L. Carter, Keith N. Schoville.

Imprint

Madison, Wis., USA, 1983. 88 pp., illustrations: 112 b&w, 28 × 21.6 cm. English.

Location

State Historical Society of Wisconsin (21 August–23 October 1983)

Description

The history of writing and alphabets, and the means by which they were disseminated throughout the world. Semitic alphabet discussed in Section IV (Syria-Palestine); the diffusion of Hebrew and Aramaic covered in Section VII. 305 items.

main keywords

ALPHABET, HEBREWHEBREW SCRIPT

minor keywords

Archaeological finds

Other venues

Milwaukee Public Museum, Wis., USA (12 November 1983–5 January 1984); Texas Memorial Museum, Austin, Tex., USA (19 February–29 April 1984); Arizona Museum of Science and Technology, Phoenix, Ariz., USA (26 May–9 September 1984); Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Tex., USA (22 September–2 December 1984); Horn Archaeological Museum, Berrien Springs, Mich., USA (22 December 1984–17 March 1985); Denver Museum of Natural History, Colo., USA (13 April–7 July 1985); Maryland Science Center, Baltimore, Md., USA (27 July–20 October 1985)

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