Bibliograph

Egyptian hieroglyphs for complete beginners, Bill Manley

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Label

Egyptian hieroglyphs for complete beginners, Bill Manley

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Egyptian hieroglyphs for complete beginners

Oclc number

767564398

Responsibility statement

Bill Manley

Summary

Teaches how to translate Egyptian hieroglyphs into English using a step-by-step procedure that includes the use of photographs and line drawings

Table Of Contents

Inscriptions : Stela of Mereri (c.2200 BC) : Sound signs ; Direction of writing ; Vowels and pronunciation ; Determinatives ; How do we know how to read hieroglyphs? ; Signs writing 2 or 3 sounds ; Sound complements ; Unexpected writings ; What is transliteration? -- Another Stela of Mereri (c.2200 BC) : The offering formula ; 'a' and 'the' ; Even more unexpected writings ; Ideograms? ; What is Middle Egyptian? -- Stela of Minuser (c.2200 BC) : Word order -- Funerary stamp of Mermose (c.1350 BC) -- Inner coffin of Khnumhotep, son of Nebtu (c.1800 BC) : More about the offering formula ; Identity -- Stela of Dedu and Satsobk (c.1900 BC) : Feminine words ; Why food offerings? -- Stela of Ty (c.2200 BC) -- Stela of Intef and Nesumontju (c.1700 BC?) : Titles of Osiris -- Stela of Shenwy and Hedjret (c.1900 BC) : The dedication formula ; The family -- Coffin of Khnumhotep, son of Henib (c.1850 BC) -- Kings' names : Kings' Titularies -- Stela of Djet, from his tomb at Abydos (c.2950 BC) -- Stela of Raneb (c.2750 BC) ; Inscription of Khakaura Senusret III (c.1836-1818 BC) : Writing plurals -- Another inscription of Khakaura Senusret III (c.1836-1818 BC) -- Three inscriptions of Ramesses II (c.1279-1213 BC) -- Three stelae of Thutmose IV (c.1400-1390 BC) from the Great Sphinx : Epithets ; The king and the gods -- Inscriptions from a golden shrine of Tutankhamun (c.1332-1322 BC) -- The oldest texts and earliest hieroglyphs : How did writing begin in Egypt? -- Slate palette of King Narmer from the Temple of Horus (c.2950 BC) -- Ivory comb of King Djet from his tomb (c.2950 BC) -- Ivory label of King Den from his tomb (c.2900 BC) -- Putting it all together : two inscriptions -- Marriage inscription of Amenhotep III (c.1390 BC) : 'he is' or 'she is' -- Offering-chapel of Sarenput II at Aswan (c.1850) -- Epilogue -- List of kings' names -- List of gods -- List of hieroglyphic signs -- List of words in hieroglyphs

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