Short Egyptian Grammar Classic Reprint

Excerpt from Short Egyptian Grammar The state of affairs in connection with English text books of the Egyptian language is not more satisfactory than that of the German. Professor Breasted's trans lation of the first edition of Erman's grammar is long since exhausted and outgrown; and Budge's and Murray's introductory books, however useful they may have been, cannot be considered a substitute. Therefore, I have gladly accepted Professor Mercer's kind offer to trans late my little Introduction; and students, as well as I, will be thankful for his labour of love. May Professor Mercer be permitted to see his work crowned with success! America and England have many first rate Egyptian archaeologists, but compara tively few Egyptian philologists; and accordingly the attention of wider circles has been directed more toward excavations and antiquities than toward Egyptian liter ature. It would be a real delight for German Egyptology, if it could see its philological results made serviceable to the same wider circles, and if thereby the general presentation of the intellectual life of Egypt could be disseminated in a desirable manner. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Elementary Egyptian Grammar The hieroglyphic signs are pictures of human figures, animals, birds, and the common Objects Of daily life among the people, and in their early. Forms they throw great light on the civilisation of that distant time. The writing is usually from right to left (this is invariably the case in hieratic and demotic), but sometimes for decorative reasons the hieroglyphs are written from left to right. They can also be written in vertical columns. The rule is to read towards the faces of the animals and birds. For convenience sake, hieroglyphs are always printed from left. To right. The words are written as much as possible in square groups for the sake of symmetry. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Egyptian Grammar: With Table of Signs Bibliography, Exercises for Reading and Glossary In the use of the book it has seemed to me that the beginner should first familiarize himself with the most important paragraphs, designated by an aste risk, and should then work through the first part of the Chrestomathy. If in doing this he not only looks up the paragraphs indicated, but also tries to form a connected idea of the sections of the grammar thus referred to, he will then be sufficiently advanced to take hold of the second part of the chrestomathy, where as a rule he must recognize the grammatical forms for himself. The appendix to the chrestomathy contains the most important of the formularies from the list which must now be mastered, in order to understand Egyptian inscriptions correctly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This grammar provides a comprehensive overview of Middle Egyptian and illustrates its grammatical features with extensive examples from various sources. Exercises at the end of each chapter, along with a sign list and a hieroglyphic word list, provide the reader with the means to apply and practice the content, enabling this book to be used as both a grammar reference and a textbook. The book’s structure and detailed outline facilitate its use as a reference, making it easy to find information on any particular grammatical feature. At the same time, the extensive content of the forty chapters provides a suitable basis for self-guided study and enables the student to read and understand Egyptian inscriptions and literary texts in hieroglyphic transliteration. Recent developments in the understanding of Egyptian are exemplified in numerous quotations from Egyptian texts, and exercises at the end of each chapter provide further opportunity for considering the grammatical phenomena discussed in the chapter, allowing for both practice and review. For reasons of convenience, the vocabulary necessary for the exercises, along with the words used in the examples, are arranged into a word list at the end of the book. Similar and alternative grammatical constructions are compared, and in addition to the “classical” language of the Middle Kingdom, the book considers both Old Egyptian and Late Egyptian influences. As a hybrid reference and textbook, this volume introduces the reader to the grammatical features of Middle Egyptian and illustrates the means of expression used in ancient Egyptian.

Excerpt from Easy Lessons in Egyptian Hieroglyphics With Sign List This little book is intended to form an easy intro duction to the study of the Egyptian hieroglyphic in scriptions, and has been prepared In answer to many requests made both in Egypt and m England. It con tains a short account of the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics, and a sketch of the hieroglyphic system 'of writing and of the general principles which underlie the use of picture signs to express thought. The main facts of Egyptian grammar are given in a series of short chapters, and these are illustrated by numerous brief extracts from hieroglyphic texts each extract is printed in hieroglyphic type and is accompanied by a transliteration and translation. Following the exam ple of the early Egyptologists it has been thought better to multiply extracts from texts rather than to heap up a large number of grammatical details Without supplying the beginner with the means of examining their application. In the limits of the following pages it would be impossible to treat Egyptian grammar at any length, while the discussion of details would be quite out of place. The chief object has been to make the beginner familiar with' the most common signs and words, so that he may, whilst puzzling out the ex tracts from texts quoted in illustration of grammatical facts, be able to attack the longer connected texts given in my First Steps in Egyptian and in my Egyptian Reading Book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.