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Foreword | ||
Translator's Preface | ||
1 | Generalities | 1 |
1.1 | Not for Geniuses Only | 1 |
1.2 | Beauty as a Rule for Spelling | 2 |
1.3 | Pictures but Not Picture Writing | 4 |
1.4 | How Egyptologists Speak Egyptian | 6 |
1.5 | What Is Transliteration? | 9 |
2 | The Writing System | 11 |
2.1 | The Egyptian Alphabet | 11 |
2.2 | Biliteral Signs | 17 |
2.3 | The Phonetic Complement | 22 |
2.4 | Triliteral Signs | 23 |
2.5 | Ideograms (Sense-Signs) | 24 |
2.6 | Determinatives | 26 |
2.7 | Graphic Peculiarities and Abbreviations | 29 |
2.8 | Complication and Simplification | 34 |
2.9 | A Little Grammar | 35 |
2.9.1 | Grammatical Gender | 35 |
2.9.2 | The Plural and the Dual | 36 |
2.9.3 | Genitive Constructions | 38 |
2.9.4 | Suffix Pronouns | 39 |
2.9.5 | Adjectives | 42 |
3 | Examples | 44 |
3.1 | An Architrave of Sahure | 44 |
3.2 | A Glazed Tile from the Palace of Ramesses II at Qantir | 47 |
3.3 | Lintel from a Temple or Palace of Ramesses II | 50 |
3.4 | Fragment of a Tomb Wall | 53 |
3.5 | A Wooden Box from the Treasures of Tutankhamun | 55 |
3.6 | Tutankhamun's Alabaster Chest | 59 |
3.7 | The Alabaster Cup of Tutankhamun | 65 |
3.8 | A Canopic Coffin of Tutankhamun | 67 |
3.9 | The Canopic Chest of Tutankhamun | 70 |
3.10 | Vignette from a Book of the Dead | 74 |
3.11 | The False Door of Khut-en-Ptah | 81 |
3.12 | The Tomb Stela of Tashep-Khonsu | 85 |
3.13 | The Hieroglyphs on the Cover: A Temple Inscription | 88 |
4 | Conclusion | 91 |
4.1 | Selected Royal Names | 91 |
4.2 | Names of Gods | 93 |
4.3 | Further Study of Hieroglyphs | 95 |
5 | Appendixes | 98 |
5.1 | Solutions to the Problems | 98 |
5.2 | Books on Egyptian Vocabulary and Grammar | 101 |
5.3 | Hieroglyphic Sign List | 103 |
5.4 | Museum Numbers and Photo Credits for the Objects Discussed | 120 |
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