Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs
Middle 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,...
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An accessible introduction to hieroglyphic writing and the language and civilisation of ancient Egypt.
List of Figures viiiPreface ixLesson 1 Egyptian Language and Writing 1Language 1Writing 2Essay 1 Ancient Egyptian History 9Exercise 1 12Lesson 2 The Sounds of Middle Egyptian 13Essay 2 Ancient Egyptian Geography 21Exercise 2 23Lesson 3 Multiliteral Signs 25xEssay 3 Ancient Egyptian Society 33Exercise 3 35Lesson 4 Nouns 37Essay 4 The Gods 45Exercise 4 48Lesson 5 Pronouns 49Essay 5 The Gods on Earth 57Exercise 5 60Lesson 6 Adjectives 61Essay 6 The King's Names 66Exercise 6 68Lesson 7 Adjectival and Nominal Sentences 69Adjectival Sentences 69Nominal Sentences 72Uses of Adjectival and Nominal Sentences 79Essay 7 Human Nature 81Exercise 7 83Lesson 8 Prepositions and Adverbs 85Prepositions 85Adverbs 94Essay 8 Death and the Afterlife 96Exercise 8 99Lesson 9 Numbers 101Essay 9 Egyptian Chronology 109Exercise 9 111Lesson 10 Adverbial Sentences 113Essay 10 Maat 119Exercise 10 121Lesson 11 Nonverbal Sentences 123Essay 11 The World Before Creation 130Exercise 11 131Lesson 12 Nonverbal Clauses 133Relative Clauses 134Noun Clauses 140Adverb Clauses 143Essay 12 The Creation of the World 147Exercise 12 149Lesson 13 Verbs 151Essay 13 The Creative Word 160Exercise 13 162Lesson 14 The Infinitival Forms 163The Infinitive 163The Negative Infinitive and Negatival Complement 174The Complementary Infinitive 175Essay 14 The Memphite Theology 176Exercise 14 178Lesson 15 The Pseudoverbal Construction 179Essay 15 The Creator 185Exercise 15 188Lesson 16 The Imperative and Particles 189Particles 192Essay 16 Heresy 200Exercise 16 203Lesson 17 The Stative 205Essay 17 Phonology and Writing 222Exercise 17 225Lesson 18 The Perfect 227Essay 18 Egyptian Literature 243Exercise 18 246Lesson 19 The Subjunctive 249Essay 19 Middle Egyptian Wisdom Literature 262Exercise 19 265Lesson 20 The Perfective and Imperfective 267Essay 20 Middle Egyptian Stories 284Exercise 20 287Lesson 21 The Prospective and Passive 289The Prospective 289The Passive 294The Forms of the sdm.f 299Essay 21 Historical Texts 301Exercise 21 305Lesson 22 The Other Forms of the Suffix Conjugation 307The sdm.jn.f 307The sdm.hr.f 310The sdm.k3.f 312The sdmt.f 314The Parenthetics 318Essay 22 Religious Texts 321Exercise 22 324Lesson 23 The Participles 325Essay 23 Hymns and Poetry 348Exercise 23 351Lesson 24 The Relative Forms 353Essay 24 Nonliterary Texts 368Exercise 24 370Lesson 25 Special Uses of the Relative Forms 373Nominal Uses 374Emphatic Uses 379General Considerations 391Essay 25 Letters 396Exercise 25 399Lesson 26 Middle Egyptian Grammar 401Theory 416Where to Go From Here 421Sign List 425Dictionary 455Answers to the Exercises 475Index 497
