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Pictographs

Scope note

Highly simplified or conventionalized pictures that stand for the thing pictured; may be used as writing signs corresponding to individual words or phonetic elements in a language. Use also for certain prehistoric pictures and linear designs whose meanings are uncertain.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000124411

Broader Terms used

<script and type signs>

Equivalent Terms used

pictograph

Created

13yrs ago

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