Description: Normal 0 false false false EL X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Ancient Greek alphabet - the ancestor of the Latin and Cyrillic scripts - Paperweight - pure bronze statue Condition: New, Made in Greece. Material: Pure Bronze Height: 6,5 cm - 2,56 inches Width: 7,5 cm - 2,95 inches Weight: 290 g The Greek alphabet has been used to write the Greek language since the late ninth or early eighth century BC. It is derived from the earlier Phoenician alphabet, and was the first alphabetic script in history to have distinct letters for vowels as well as consonants. In Archaic and early Classical times, the Greek alphabet existed in many local variants, but, by the end of the fourth century BC, the Euclidean alphabet, with twenty-four letters, ordered from alpha to omega, had become standard and it is this version that is still used to write Greek today. These twenty-four letters (each in uppercase and lowercase forms) are: Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ/ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, and Ω ω. The Greek alphabet is the ancestor of the Latin and Cyrillic scripts. Like Latin and Cyrillic, Greek originally had only a single form of each letter; it developed the letter case distinction between uppercase and lowercase in parallel with Latin during the modern era. Sound values and conventional transcriptions for some of the letters differ between Ancient and Modern Greek usage, because the pronunciation of Greek has changed significantly between the fifth century BC and today. Modern and Ancient Greek also use different diacritics. Apart from its use in writing the Greek language, in both its ancient and its modern forms, the Greek alphabet today also serves as a source of technical symbols and labels in many domains of mathematics, science and other fields. ΦΙΛ ΦΧ 000058 ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΑΛΦΑΒΗΤΟ - 12 *********************
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Location: Piraeus
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Artist: Handmade
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
Region of Origin: Europe
Listed By: Artist
Format: Paperweight
Year of Production: 2023
Unit Type: Unit
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Reproduction
Placement: Table, floor
Item Height: 2.56
Style: ANCIENT GREEK
Features: Limited Edition
Culture: Greek
Item Width: 2.95
Handmade: Yes
Time Period Produced: 2020-Now
Color: gold
Title: Ancient Greek alphabet - the ancestor of Latin scripts
Material: Bronze
Subject: HISTORY MYTHOLOGY, ANCIENT GREECE, CRAFT GIFT PRESENT, WRITING TEXTS, ancestor of the Latin and Cyrillic scripts, the first alphabetic script in history
Type: Statue
Theme: Art, History, Inspirational, Language, Mythological, Technology
Production Technique: BRONZE
Country/Region of Manufacture: Greece
