Egyptian. an Introduction to the Writing and Language of the Middle Kingdom

Name: Egyptian. an Introduction to the Writing and Language of the Middle Kingdom
Brand: Peeters
SKU: 9789042922945-G
Price: 20.50 EUR
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

By Borghouts, J. F.

0 - Used - good

Description

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.

Product details

Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 1062
Release Date:: 2010-12-30
Publication Date:: 2010-11-09
Publisher:: Peeters
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 904292294X
ISBN13:: 9789042922945
Weight:: 3293 g
Height:: 195 cm
Width:: 264 cm
Thickness:: 58 cm

Buy on Amazon

Currently sold out