Hieroglyphs Without Mystery An Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Writing

Name: Hieroglyphs Without Mystery An Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Writing
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ISBN: 9780292798045

ISBN-10: 0292798040

ISBN-13: 9780292798045

Edition: 1992

Authors: Karl-Theodor Zauzich, Ann Macy Roth

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Marveling over the tomb treasures of Ramses II and Tutankhamen that have toured U.S. and European museums in recent years, visitors inevitably wonder what the mysterious hieroglyphs that cover their surfaces mean. Indeed, everyone who is fascinated by ancient Egypt sooner or later wishes for a Rosetta stone to unlock the secrets of hieroglyphic writing. Hieroglyphs without Mystery provides the needed key. Written for ordinary people with no special language skills, the book quickly demonstrates that hieroglyphic writing can be read, once a few simple principles are understood. Zauzich explains the basic rules of the writing system and the grammar and then applies them to thirteen actual…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 1/1/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 135
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



Foreword


Translator's Preface



Generalities



Not for Geniuses Only



Beauty as a Rule for Spelling



Pictures but Not Picture Writing



How Egyptologists Speak Egyptian



What Is Transliteration?



The Writing System



The Egyptian Alphabet



Biliteral Signs



The Phonetic Complement



Triliteral Signs



Ideograms (Sense-Signs)



Determinatives



Graphic Peculiarities and Abbreviations



Complication and Simplification



A Little Grammar



Grammatical Gender



The Plural and the Dual



Genitive Constructions



Suffix Pronouns



Adjectives



Examples



An Architrave of Sahure



A Glazed Tile from the Palace of Ramesses II at Qantir



Lintel from a Temple or Palace of Ramesses II



Fragment of a Tomb Wall



A Wooden Box from the Treasures of Tutankhamun



Tutankhamun's Alabaster Chest



The Alabaster Cup of Tutankhamun



A Canopic Coffin of Tutankhamun



The Canopic Chest of Tutankhamun



Vignette from a Book of the Dead



The False Door of Khut-en-Ptah



The Tomb Stela of Tashep-Khonsu



The Hieroglyphs on the Cover: A Temple Inscription



Conclusion-



Selected Royal Names



Names of Gods



Further Study of Hieroglyphs



Appendixes



Solutions to the Problems



Books on Egyptian Vocabulary and Grammar



Hieroglyphic Sign List



Museum Numbers and Photo Credits for the Objects Discussed