Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of HieroglyphsMiddle Egyptian introduces the reader to the writing system of ancient Egypt and the language of hieroglyphic texts. It contains twenty-six lessons, exercises (with answers), a list of hieroglyphic signs, and a dictionary. It also includes a series of twenty-five essays on the most important aspects of ancient Egyptian history, society, religion and literature. The combination of grammar lessons and cultural essays allows users to not only read hieroglyphic texts but also to understand them, providing readers with the foundation to understand texts on monuments and to read great works of ancient Egyptian literature in the original text. This second edition contains revised exercises and essays, providing an up to date account of current research and discoveries. New illustrations enhance discussions and examples. These additions combine with the previous edition to create a complete grammatical description of the classical language of ancient Egypt for specialists in linguistics and other fields. |
Contents
13 | |
Multiliteral Signs | 25 |
Nouns | 37 |
Pronouns | 49 |
Adjectives | 61 |
Adjectival and Nominal Sentences | 69 |
Prepositions and Adverbs | 85 |
Numbers | 101 |
The Stative | 205 |
The Perfect | 227 |
The Subjunctive | 249 |
The Perfective and Imperfective | 267 |
The Prospective and Passive | 289 |
The Other Forms of the Suffix Conjugation | 307 |
The Participles | 325 |
The Relative Forms | 353 |
Adverbial Sentences | 113 |
Nonverbal Sentences | 123 |
Nonverbal Clauses | 133 |
Verbs | 151 |
The Infinitival Forms | 163 |
The Pseudoverbal Construction | 179 |
The Imperative and Particles | 189 |
Other editions - View all
Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs James P. Allen No preview available - 2010 |
Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs James P. Allen No preview available - 2010 |
Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs James P. Allen No preview available - 2010 |
Common terms and phrases
2ae-gem 3ae-inf adj.-verb adjectival predicate adjective adverb clause adverbial predicate adverbial sentence Amun Atum base stem biliteral caus consonants coreferent Determinative Dynasty Egypt Egyptologists emphatic sentence ending English Ennead Essay example expressed feminine geminated gender and number gods Helck hieroglyphic Horus Ideogram imperfective Incarnation independent pronoun infinitive intransitive verbs Jill king language lesson literally Maat main clause masculine singular meaning Middle Egyptian texts Middle Kingdom negation nisbe nominal sentence non-attributive 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 sdm.jn.f spelling stative SUBJECT-stative construction subjunctive suffix pronoun tense translated unmarked Variant verb form Westc words written wwwm