Author: GARDINER, SIR ALAN
Title: Egyptian Grammar, being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs
Description: Oxford : Griffith Institute Ashmolean Museum, 1969.. Frontispiece with b/w facsimile of 3 different forms of ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic writing and inscription. Third revised Edition xxxvi + 646 p., frontisp., and num. text-illusts. of hieroglyphics, English-Egyptian vocabulary. HARDCOVER: ((Orig. navy cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. VERY GOOD) ¶ The book gives a very thorough overview of the language and writing system of Ancient Egypt. The focus of the book is the literary language of the Middle Kingdom. The creation of the book resulted in the development of an accurate and detailed hieroglyphic typeset, Gardiner's Sign List. Including indices and an extensive English-Egyptian vocabulary.Frontisp., and num. tekst-illusts. of hieroglyphics.

Keywords: Africa North Africa Egypt Asia Near East History of Egypt Hieroglyphs Hieroglyphen egyptology linguistics grammar


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