Egyptian : an introduction to the writing and language of the Middle Kingdom / J.F. Borghouts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Borghouts, J. F., author.

Contributor:

Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

Series:

Egyptologische uitgaven ; 24.

Egyptologische uitgaven ; XXIV

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Egyptian language--Textbooks.

Egyptian language.

Egyptian language--Grammar.

Genre:

Textbooks.

Physical Description:

2 volumes ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leuven : Peeters ; Leiden : Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten, 2010.

Summary:

Summary: This is a data-oriented grammatical description of Middle Egyptian, a now extinct Pharaonic language, spoken and written in the hieroglyphic and hieratic scripts, between 2100 and 1700 before our era, the period of the Middle Kingdom. Middle Egyptian was regarded by the Egyptians as a classical stage of their language and it remained in use for a long time after that period. Middle Egyptian texts are extremely varied and comprise stories, historical narratives, letters, scientific treatises, and a large number of religious sources. The first volume is a systematic description of the language, illustrated by a great number of quotations from original texts, and provided with word lists and other indexes. The second volume leads the reader in a gradual way in 33 lessons through the grammatical description provided in the first volume, and moreover contains an extensive list of hieroglyphic signs and their values, exercises and, finally, original texts for reading.

Contents:

I. Grammar, syntax and indexes

II. Sign lists, exercise, and reading texts.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

ISBN:

904292294X

9789042922945

9789062582242

9062582249

OCLC:

647901904

Publisher Number:

99944167725