Research Catalog

Title

Middle Egyptian : an introduction to the language and culture of hieroglyphs / James P. Allen.

Author

Allen, James P., 1945-

Publication

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

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Details

Description

xii, 510 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

"This book provides an introduction to the Ancient Egyptian system of hieroglyphic writing and to the Ancient Egyptian language known as Middle Egyptian, which was written in hieroglyphs. With it the reader will be able to learn how to read hieroglyphic texts, and to understand the many unfamiliar cultural concepts they contain." "A thorough and up-to-date introduction to the Ancient Egyptian writing system and language, the book is written for non-specialists, and designed to be usable even by readers who are not familiar with foreign languages or grammatical terms. It is suitable both for college or university students and for self-study by the interested amateur. It also provides a complete grammatical description of the classical language of Ancient Egypt for specialists in linguistics and other related fields. There are 26 lessons, exercises (with answers), a list of hieroglyphic signs, and a dictionary. 25 short essays describe the most important aspects of Ancient Egyptian history, society, religion, and literature. It will give readers the foundation they need to understand the texts on monuments and to read the great works of Ancient Egyptian literature in the original."--Jacket.

Subject

• Egyptian language > Grammar

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-422) and index.

Contents

Map of Egypt -- Egyptian Language and Writing -- Ancient Egyptian History -- The Sounds of Middle Egyptian -- Ancient Egyptian Geography -- Multiliteral Signs -- Table of Biliteral Signs -- Ancient Egyptian Society -- Nouns -- The Gods -- Pronouns -- The Gods on Earth -- Adjectives -- The King's Names -- Adjectival and Nominal Sentences -- Adjectival Sentences -- Nominal Sentences -- Human Nature -- Prepositions and Adverbs -- Prepositions -- Adverbs -- Death and the Afterlife -- Numbers -- Egyptian Chronology -- Addendum: the Names of the Egyptian Months -- Adverbial Sentences -- Maat -- Nonverbal Sentences -- The World Before Creation -- Nonverbal Clauses -- Relative Clauses -- Noun Clauses -- Adverb Clauses -- The Creation of the World -- Verbs -- The Creative Word -- The Infinitival Forms -- The Infinitive -- The Negative Infinitive and Negatival Complement -- The Complementary Infinitive -- The Memphite Theology -- The Pseudoverbal Construction -- The Creator -- The Imperative and Particles -- Particles -- Heresy -- The Stative -- Phonology and Writing -- The Perfect -- Egyptian Literature -- The Subjunctive -- Middle Egyptian Wisdom Literature -- The Perfective and Imperfective -- Middle Egyptian Stories -- The Prospective and Passive -- The Prospective -- The Passive -- The sdm.f Forms -- Historical Texts -- Other Forms of the Suffix Conjugation -- The sdm.jn.f -- The sdm.hr.f -- The sdm.k[characters not reproducible].f -- The sdmt.f -- The Parenthetics -- Religious Texts -- The Participles.

ISBN

• 0521653126
• 9780521653121
• 0521774837
• 9780521774833

LCCN

99024295

OCLC

• ocm41137544
• 41137544
• SCSB-1126853

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library