Egyptian
Subtitle: an introduction to the writing and language of the Middle Kingdom
By: J.F. Borghouts
Series: Egyptologische uitgaven -- 24
Publisher: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten; Peeters
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Leiden; Leuven
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789062582242
Work titles: Egyptisch
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (v. 1, p. x-xxvi) and indexes.