Item #71248 THE LANGUAGE OF THE SEA PEOPLES. Fred Woudhuizen.

THE LANGUAGE OF THE SEA PEOPLES

Amsterdam: Najade Press, 1992. Paperback. 237 pp; the last volume in a series of three, dedicated to the decipherment of ancient Mediterranean scripts and languages; offers for the first time, a coherent translation of the letter to Nestor as imprinted in Cretan hieroglyphic writing as well as votive inscriptions in the Linesr C script from Cyprus; bringing the reader face-to-face with a Luwian dialect of pidgiin character, interspersed with Semitisms; which can only be designated as the language of the Sea Peoples. Illustrated with b & w photos; tables, examples of writings; etc.; in illustrated wraps. Fine. Item #71248
ISBN: 907383502X

Price: $97.97

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