Middle Egyptian

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This is an introduction 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, as well as twenty five essays on the most important aspects of ancient Egyptian history, society, religion and literature It also offers scholars of linguistics a complete grammatical description of the classical language of ancient Egypt. Best Download Middle Egyptian [ author ] James P. Allen [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Yay This book was recommended to me by Thomas Goldammer, so I bought it on eBay, and it seems like a really good grammar of the Middle Egyptian language I already read half of Gardiner s grammar, so I already know quite some things I was told that this book is easier to understand and what might beimportant it sheds amodern light on this ancient languages I immediately started reading it.I just declared this book as finished, because I probably won t read the remaining ch Yay This book was recommended to me by Thomas Goldammer, so I bought it on eBay, and it seems like a really good grammar of the Middle Egyptian language I already read half of Gardiner s grammar, so I already know quite some things I was told that this book is easier to understand and what might beimportant it sheds amodern light on th...an amazing book which helped me a lot in my studies of ancient egyptian languageI rated this book for its usefulness to the neophyte Armed with a nominal knowledge of ancient Egyptian history, I was able to surpass my expectations for myself Lessons are squarely organized and in a logical progression, no mucking about Mastery of the basic consonant combinations is, as the book states, necessary I made flash cards Mind you, I did not take a class This book got me pretty excited Enriched my understanding of Egyptian history and my experiences in Egyptian tombs and Amer I rated this book for its usefulness to the neophyte Armed with a nominal knowledge of ancient Egyptian history, I was able to surpass my expectations for myself Lessons are squarely organized and in a logical progression, no mucking about Mastery of the basic consonant combinations is, as the book states, necessary I made flash cards Mind you, I did not take a class This book got me pretty excited Enriched my understanding...An excellent book, starting with the assumption that you know nothing about Hieroglyphs, then teaching you everything you need to know to start translating existing texts.The book has lessons, which are understandable, but require a high degree of concentrations It also has exercises which are very important to complete to keep up with the lessons and essays, which are very interesting and help you get an understanding of what we know about Egyptian culture and how we have found out about it An excellent book, starting with the assumption that you know nothing about Hieroglyphs, then teaching you everything you need to know to start translating existing texts.The book has lessons, which are understandable, but require a high degree of concentrations It also has exercises which are very important to complete to keep up with the lessons and essays, which are...An advanced textbook of the ancient Egyptian literary language Many popular books tell you how to read the common inscriptions this one would let you read all the literature, if you really studied it it was beyond my level, so I just read it to get an idea of how the language worked It was interesting in that Egyptian is very different from any of the languages I have studied which are all Indo European The biggest problem is t...Undoubtedly one of my favorite books It s a text book Not easy reading I was a part of GlyphStudy2005 an online group who wanted to learn Middle Egyptian hieroglyphs It took a couple of years to get all the way through the book This was completely new to all of us but some of us made it to the end It is very wel...A real treasure trove of topics on Middle Egyptian language, people, and culture This is, by far, one of the most thorough and enlightening books out there on this period of Ancient Egypt, which fills in many of the gaps particularly cultural left behind by other course books that teach ...The only reason this received four stars instead of five is that there are some egregious misprints.Received July 13, 2010 from .Superficially user friendly, but not all that well organized Maybe use as a supplement to Gardiner, but never as a substitute.

Middle Egyptian
  • English
  • 17 May 2018
  • Paperback
  • 524 pages
  • 0521774837
  • James P. Allen
  • Middle Egyptian