Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs : a practical guide / Janice Kamrin ; illustrations by Gustavo Camps.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kamrin, Janice, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Egyptian language--Writing, Hieroglyphic.

Egyptian language.

Physical Description:

256 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2004.

Contents:

Chapter I The Egyptian Alphabet 13

Lesson 1 Categories of Signs 13

Lesson 2 Transliteration and Pronunciation 14

Lesson 3 The Egyptian Alphabet 16

Lesson 4 Arrangement of Signs 25

Lesson 5 Egyptian Names of Humans and Gods 28

Lesson 6 Labeling Signs and Adjectives 29

Lesson 7 Suffix Pronouns 33

Lesson 8 Dual (Two) and Plural 37

Lesson 9 Sentences Without Verbs 38

Lesson 10 Verbal Sentences 40

Chapter II Beyond the Alphabet 43

Lesson 11 Two-Sound Signs 43

Lesson 12 Possession 46

Lesson 13 Honorific Transposition 49

Lesson 14 Participles and Relative Forms 51

Lesson 15 More Two-Sound Signs 53

Lesson 16 A Few More Two-Sound Signs 54

Lesson 17 Three-, Four-, and More-Sound Signs 56

Lesson 18 More Multi-Sound Signs 59

Lesson 19 Common Phrases 60

Lesson 20 North, South, East, and West 66

Lesson 21 Scene Labels 68

Chapter III Royal Names and Titles 73

Lesson 22 Introduction to Royal Names 74

Lesson 23 Royal Names of the Early Dynastic Period 75

Lesson 24 The Old Kingdom 79

Lesson 25 The First Intermediate Period and Middle Kingdom 82

Lesson 26 The Second Intermediate Period and New Kingdom 85

Lesson 27 After the New Kingdom 90

Lesson 28 Royal Dating 93

Lesson 29 Royal Monuments from All Periods 97

Chapter IV Titles 105

Lesson 30 Queens, Princes, and Princesses 106

Lesson 31 Court Titles 110

Lesson 32 Administrative Titles 111

Lesson 33 Priestly Titles 118

Lesson 34 Titles and Filiation on Monuments 121

Chapter V Offering Prayers 131

Lesson 35 The Basic Offering Prayer 134

Lesson 36 The Gods of the Offering Prayer 135

Lesson 37 The Four Sons of Horus 137

Lesson 38 Voice Offerings 140

Lesson 39 The Cult Recipient 143

Lesson 40 Offering Lists 150

Lesson 41 Labels and Captions using the Infinitive 161

Lesson 42 The Imperative 171

Lesson 43 Quotations

The Djed-medu 175

Chapter VII Putting it All Together 181

Lesson 44 Temples, Tombs, and a Coffin 182

Lesson 45 The Autobiography of Harkhuf 191

Lesson 46 The Battle of Qadesh 200

Appendix B Pronoun Charts 229

Appendix D Sign List 234

Appendix E Word List (Egyptian to English) 250.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

081094961X

OCLC:

55019226