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Ancient Mediterranean cultures incorporated equine iconography into their artistic repertoires, demonstrating the horse's importance not only as a beast of burden and war, but also as a visual symbol of wealth and prestige. Interaction between man and horse appears in clay as ea…

This dissertation discusses the syllabic inscriptions of ancient Cyprus, the only area of the Greek speaking world which in antiquity did not practice writing using the Greek alphabet. Cyprus instead had its own rectilinear, syllabic script which remained in use until the early …