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The study of written matter recorded on hard or durable material; the study of inscriptions from the earliest civilizations through to the present day, their interpretation and classification.

Greek

The study of written matter recorded on hard or durable material; the study of inscriptions from the earliest Hellenic civilizations through to the present day, their interpretation and classification.

Ogham

Irish writing system, inscribed on wood or stone, developed in about the 4th century AD.

Rongorongo

The indigenous writing of Easter Island, first mentioned in 1864, and still undeciphered.

Ugaritic

This category is for sites or pages about the Semitic cuneiform alphabet first found, and almost exclusively known, at bronze-age Ugarit on the coast of Syria.

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