Beschreibung:
First published in 1910, Egyptian Language provides a simple introduction to the study of Egyptian hieroglyphic inscriptions. Including an account of the decipherment of the hieroglyphic system and the general principles which underlie it, the book will be of value to students and academics of ancient Egyptian language and culture.
Preface; 1. Hieroglyphic writing 2. The Rosetta Stone and the decipherment of Hieroglyphics 3. Hieroglyphics as ideographs, phonetics and determinatives 4. A selection of Hieroglyphic characters with their phonetic values, etc. 5. Pronouns and the pronominal suffixes 6. Nouns 7. The article 8. Adjectives, numerals, time, the year, etc. 9. The verb 10. Adverbs, prepositions (simple and compound), etc. 11. Conjunctions and particles 12. Extracts for reader