Graffito (archaeology)
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The Graffito (archaeology), {plural Graffiti), has been created by humans since Homo sapiens have been traversing this planet. There are even scratchings, doodlings, drawings, symbols, and art, etc. etched on bone pieces from prehistoric times, and possibly earlier.
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[edit] Listings of Graffito (archaeology)
The beginning categories of Graffito (archaeology) are:
- Writing system graffiti.
- Picture (glyptic) graffiti, or Iconography.
- Ostraca type graffiti, with pictures.
- Complex, merged, or multiple category graffiti.
[edit] Late (Roman) Demotic graffito
Very Late Egyptian Demotic was used only for ostraca, mummy labels, subscriptions to Greek texts, and graffiti. The last dated example of Egyptian Demotic is from the Temple of Isis at Philae, dated to 11 December 452 CE. See Demotic "Egyptian".
[edit] Sator square
The Sator square is a Latin graffito found at numerous sites throughout the Roman Empire (e.g. Pompeii, Dura-Europos) and elsewhere. It is a palindrome which forms a word square that may be read in any direction, (with theories abounding). See Sator Arepo Tenet Opera Rotas for details.
[edit] Deir el-Bahri religious graffiti
Because of pilgrims, to religious sites, there are ample examples of the Graffito (archaeology) at the Egyptian site of Deir el-Bahri. The pilgrims were of a semi-educated class, and are responsible for some of these graffiti pieces. See the section in Parkinson Ref., pg 92., (4 objects).
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[edit] References
- Parkinson, R. Cracking Codes, the Rosetta Stone, and Decipherment, Richard Parkinson, with W. Diffie, M. Fischer, and R.S. Simpson, (University of California Press), c. 1999. Section: page 92, "Graffiti" from a temple at Deir el-Bahri. British Museum pieces, EA 1419, 47962, 47963, 47971.
