Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of HieroglyphsThis book provides a thorough introduction to the writing system of ancient Egypt and the language of hieroglyphic texts. It is designed as a textbook for university and college classes, and is also suitable for individuals learning ancient Egyptian on their own. It contains 26 lessons, exercises (with answers), a list of hieroglyphic signs, and a dictionary. It also includes a series of 25 essays on the most important aspects of ancient Egyptian history, society, religion and literature. The combination of grammar lessons and cultural essays allows users not only to read hieroglyphic texts but also to understand them. The book gives readers the foundation they need to understand the texts on monuments and to read the great works of ancient Egyptian literature in the original. It can also serve as a complete grammatical description of the classical language of ancient Egypt for specialists in linguistics and other related fields. |
Contents
III | 1 |
IV | 2 |
V | 9 |
VI | 12 |
VII | 13 |
VIII | 21 |
IX | 22 |
X | 23 |
LIX | 175 |
LX | 181 |
LXI | 184 |
LXII | 185 |
LXIII | 188 |
LXIV | 195 |
LXV | 199 |
LXVI | 201 |
XII | 24 |
XIII | 25 |
XIV | 31 |
XV | 33 |
XVI | 35 |
XVII | 43 |
XVIII | 45 |
XIX | 47 |
XX | 55 |
XXI | 57 |
XXII | 59 |
XXIII | 64 |
XXIV | 66 |
XXV | 67 |
XXVII | 70 |
XXVIII | 79 |
XXIX | 81 |
XXX | 83 |
XXXI | 92 |
XXXII | 94 |
XXXIII | 96 |
XXXIV | 97 |
XXXV | 104 |
XXXVI | 106 |
XXXVII | 108 |
XXXVIII | 109 |
XXXIX | 115 |
XL | 117 |
XLI | 119 |
XLII | 126 |
XLIII | 127 |
XLIV | 129 |
XLV | 130 |
XLVI | 136 |
XLVII | 139 |
XLVIII | 143 |
XLIX | 145 |
L | 147 |
LI | 156 |
LII | 158 |
LIII | 159 |
LV | 169 |
LVI | 171 |
LVIII | 173 |
LXVII | 218 |
LXVIII | 221 |
LXIX | 223 |
LXX | 242 |
LXXI | 245 |
LXXII | 258 |
LXXIII | 261 |
LXXIV | 263 |
LXXV | 280 |
LXXVI | 283 |
LXXVII | 285 |
LXXIX | 290 |
LXXX | 295 |
LXXXI | 297 |
LXXXII | 300 |
LXXXIII | 301 |
LXXXV | 304 |
LXXXVI | 306 |
LXXXVII | 308 |
LXXXVIII | 312 |
LXXXIX | 315 |
XC | 318 |
XCI | 319 |
XCII | 341 |
XCIII | 343 |
XCIV | 345 |
XCV | 360 |
XCVI | 361 |
XCVII | 363 |
XCVIII | 364 |
XCIX | 369 |
C | 381 |
CI | 386 |
CII | 388 |
CIII | 389 |
CIV | 404 |
CV | 409 |
CVI | 411 |
CVII | 423 |
CVIII | 453 |
CIX | 473 |
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Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs James P. Allen No preview available - 2000 |
Common terms and phrases
2ae-gem 3ae-inf active participle adjectival predicate adjective adjective-verb adverb clause adverbial predicate adverbial sentence Amun base stem biliteral consonants coreferent dependent clauses dependent pronoun Determinative Dynasty Egypt Egyptologists emphatic sentence ending English Essay example expressed feminine geminated geminated stem gender and number gods hieroglyphic Horus Ideogram imperfective Incarnation indicates infinitive intransitive verbs Kamose king language Lesson literally Maat main clause masculine singular meaning Middle Egyptian texts Middle Kingdom negation nisbe nominal sentence nonattributive relative form normally noun clause noun or noun noun phrase Osiris participle particle passive Peas perfect relative pharaoh Phonogram plural prepositional phrase pseudoverbal construction Ptahhotep relative clauses rheme sdm.f spelling stative Stela SUBJECT-stative construction subjunctive suffix pronoun tense translated triliteral unmarked Variant verb 3-lit verb form Westcar words written