In the Spring 1987 issue of AUSS I examined the important Pro toSinai tic inscription discovered in 1960 by Georg Gers ter. This inscription is located a considerable distance west of the other Proto-Sinaitic inscriptions which cluster around the mines at Serabit el-Khadem.2 Both by its location and by its contents it appears quite distinct from the usual mining inscriptions or dedications writ...

the importance of inscriptions as the primary sources refer to historical events is undeniable. introducing the shāhugat inscriptions were found near tābaktal village of chāhān district around nikshahr is the purpose of present paper. they refer to the events that occurred in south iran around the end of the 7 th and the beginning of the 8 th centuries ah., a colorful and turbulent period of it...

Script analysis is often used in research that focuses on gender and technology design. It is applied as a method to describe problematic inscriptions of gender in technology and as a tool for advancing more acceptable inscriptions of gender in technology. These analyses are based on the assumption that we can design technologies that do justice to gender. One critique on script analysis is tha...

Abstrak: Taman Pendidikan Al Qur'an Muhammadiyah se Ponorogo sejumlah 42 lembaga yang tersebar di 21 Kecamatan. Sebanyak peserta perwakilan mengikuti keterampilan menulis al (Maharah Kitabah) dengan membuat seni Kaligrafi. Seni kaligrafi merupakan sebuah indah menggunakan huruf Arab. TPA memiliki ketertarikan dalam Kaligrafi masih sangat terbatas. Maka, tidak heran jika serasa kering. Mitra pen...

In this paper, a novel approach is introduced for classifying curves into proper families, according to their similarity. First, a mathematical quantity we call plane curvature is introduced and a number of propositions are stated and proved. Proper similarity measures of two curves are introduced and a subsequent statistical analysis is applied. First, the efficiency of the curve fitting proce...

In this article I will discuss the meaning of Chinese calligraphy (shufa) based on views yinyang philosophy and Taoism in health. This study uses a qualitative method literature study, observation, interviews. The result can be concluded that, structure there are elements that make up style continues to develop over time. At time styles widely used by artists kaishu style, caoshu style), Zhuans...

Hieroglyph Demotic Greek From 452 to 1822, "Egypt was silent": The ability to read hieroglyphic inscriptions on monuments and tombs, and papyrus texts using cursive scripts like demotic, was lost.

Abstract Our research investigates how the design process can accommodate a relational view of agency. According to the relational view, agency or capacities of action is neither an attribute of subjects nor of objects. The relational view of agency in design may allow designers to recognize and support the diversity and richness involved in human agency. To this end, we developed six design qu...