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02798cam a2200553 a 4500 001 A6F97B1A2B0011DEA052A807A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20181108012225 008 010919s2002 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2001051412 020 $a 9780071357432 (hc.) 020 $a 0071357432 (hc.) 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d C#P $d VVC $d SYB $d QBX $d MUQ $d NLGGC $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d IWV $d SILO 050 00 $a P211 $b .R59 2002 082 00 $a 411/.09 $2 21 084 $a 06.09 $2 bcl 100 1 $a Robinson, Andrew, $d 1957- 245 1 $a Lost languages : $b the enigma of the world's undeciphered scripts / $c Andrew Robinson. 260 $a New York : $b McGraw-Hill, $c c2002. 300 $a 352 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 500 $a "A Peter N. Nevraumont book." 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-340) and index. 505 00 $t Urge to decipher. $g Conclusion -- $t Voices of the Pharaohs: Egyptian hieroglyphs (Egypt) -- $t Labyrinth of Minos: linear B (Greece) -- $t Bishop de Landa's inquisition: Mayan glyphs (Central America) -- $g pt. II. Undeciphered scripts -- $t Voices of the Black Pharaohs: the Meroitic script (Sudan) -- $t Greek but not Greek: the Etruscan alphabet (Italy) -- $t Mediterranean mystery: linear A (the Aegean) -- $t Secrets of the ancient ledgers: the proto-elamite script (Iran) -- $t Birdmen of Rapanui: Rongorongo (Easter Island) -- $t New world begins to write: the Zapotec and Isthmian scripts (Mexico) -- $t At the sign of the unicorn: the Indus script (Pakistan/India) -- $t Sir Arthur's 'Chaunt of victory': the Phaistos disc (Crete) -- $g Conclusion -- $t Urge to decipher. 650 0 $a Writing $x History. 650 0 $a Extinct languages. 650 6 $a EÌcriture $x Histoire. 650 6 $a Langues mortes. 650 17 $a Schrift. $2 gtt 650 17 $a Ontcijfering. $2 gtt 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/mh041/2001051412.html 856 41 $3 Table of contents $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy022/2001051412.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/mh021/2001051412.html 941 $a 14 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314034831.0 952 $l N2AX314 $d 20210728013538.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722012732.0 952 $l ULAX314 $d 20190926081713.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180125034226.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160820130814.0 952 $l HWAX074 $d 20140415021758.0 952 $l GVPC501 $d 20120911011700.0 952 $l PRAX771 $d 20110512011323.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l PTAX572 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l BGPE251 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A6F97B1A2B0011DEA052A807A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IWVInitiate Another SILO Locator Search