Eds. Christopher Woods, Emily Teeter, Geoff Emberling. CONTENTS: Foreword by Gil J. Stein Preface by Geoff Emberling Contributors Time Line of Writing Introduction---Visible Language: The Earliest Writing Systems by Christopher Woods Cuneiform in Mesopotamia and Anatolia 1 Iconography of Protoliterate Seals by Oya Topcuoglu 2 The Earliest Mesopotamian Writing by Christopher Woods Object Descriptions: Catalog Nos. 1-58 3 Adaptation of Cuneiform to Write Akkadian by Andrea Seri Object Descriptions: Catalog Nos. 59-62 4 The Rise and Fall of Cuneiform Script in Hittite Anatolia by Theo van den Hout Object Description: Catalog No. 63 Bibliography for Cuneiform Essays Egyptian Writing 5 The Conception and Development of the Egyptian Writing System by Elise V. MacArtbur Egyptian Myth of the Creation of Writing Object Descriptions: Catalog Nos. 64-79 6 The Earliest Egyptian Writing by Andreas Stauder 7 Egyptian Hieroglyphic Writing by Janet H. Johnson Object Descriptions: Catalog Nos. 80-82 Orientation of Hieroglyphs by Julie Stauder-Porchet Writing in Nefermaat by Julie Stauder-Porchet The Potency of Writing in Egypt by Emily Teeter 8 Hieratic by Kathryn E. Bandy More...