Middle Egyptian introduces the reader to the writing system of ancient Egypt and the language of hieroglyphic texts. It contains twenty-six lessons, exercises (with answers), a list of hieroglyphic signs, and a dictionary. It also includes a series of twenty-five essays on the most important aspects of ancient Egyptian history, society, religion and literature. The combination of grammar lessons and cultural essays allows users to not only read hieroglyphic texts but also to understand them, providing readers with the foundation to understand texts on monuments and to read great works of ancient Egyptian literature in the original text. This second edition contains revised exercises and essays, providing an up to date account of current research and discoveries. New illustrations enhance discussions and examples. These additions combine with the previous edition to create a complete grammatical description of the classical language of ancient Egypt for specialists in linguistics and other fields.
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"Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, by James P. Allen, is a much needed addition to the meager literture available to Egyptologists, scholars and amateurs today interested studing the basic of ancient Egyptian...Middle Egyptian will always remain a difficult language to tackle, and much of the success of gaining a good grasp of the language depends on the effort of the student. Allen's book, however, will make the task a much easier, and an enjoyable one for students who have a serious interest in taking up the language." Nora Shalaby, Cario Times Vol. 4, no.32
"One particularly happy feature of Allen's volume is that the abundance of exercises that follow every lesson is accompanied, in the back of the book, with the answers to them all... Allen's textbook should now be the first text of choice for teaching Egyptian." William J. Fulco, Ancient History Bulletin
"Allen, a leading scholar of ancient Egyptian grammar and syntax, has drwan upon his own extensive teaching experience to provide an up-to-date and accessible grammar that could well become the standard textbook in English." Religious Studies Review --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
"One particularly happy feature of Allen's volume is that the abundance of exercises that follow every lesson is accompanied, in the back of the book, with the answers to them all... Allen's textbook should now be the first text of choice for teaching Egyptian." William J. Fulco, Ancient History Bulletin
"Allen, a leading scholar of ancient Egyptian grammar and syntax, has drwan upon his own extensive teaching experience to provide an up-to-date and accessible grammar that could well become the standard textbook in English." Religious Studies Review --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Middle Egyptian introduces the reader to the writing system of ancient Egypt and the language of hieroglyphic texts, including lessons, exercises and essays. This second edition contains revised material, providing the reader with an up to date account of current research and discoveries. New illustrations enhance discussions and examples.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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This updates and extends the great work of Gardiner, it is succint, and amply illustrated, and an excellent introductory work in the language. I have worked with this book for a number of weeks, and find it easier to comprehend than gardiner, although I cannot help refering back to the master! { old habits die hard }.
But within this work you will find everything you need to get up to speed, and quite far along the road into middle egyptian it is well worth owning.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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An up-to-date version of Gardiner's classic Egyptian Grammar, this is an excellent introduction to the language of the Middle Kingdom - both grammar and vocabulary. Accompanied with copies of Wallis Budge's extensive, if somewhat outdated, dictionaries, this book allows the reader to achieve a basic proficiency in the language of 12th dynasty Egypt.
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As an Egyptology student forced to study from Gardiner I find that this book helps to clarify the more confusing grammar points. If you are used to using the Gardinarian transliteration system then the system used by Allen can be a nuisance at first but he does take the time to lay out the diferent systems at the front. He also makes a point of mentioning the outdated grammar terms used in Gardiner, making it possible to find them. This book helped me pass my hieroglyphs exam and I thoroughly recommend this either for grammar work or text translation.
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Ram ptet
Brilliant book great companion for my coursework at college. One of the best resource books for those wanting to study Egyptology and hieroglyphics.
Published 2 months ago by Pete c
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Flawed.
I bought this book for a university module in (what else?) Egyptian language. The beginning chapters are very useful, introducing the comprehensive list of sounds and symbols, and... Read more
Published on 22 Jan 2010 by Ms. Victoria Doherty-Bone
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Essential University Text
This book is one of the best works in its area, so if you study it you will have a very solid base of Middle Egyptian.
Published on 12 April 2009 by Violeta
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It needs a glossary of terms. Desperately.
This book made my head hurt. No joke.
The grammatical terms used in this book were mostly unknown to me (and my old English teacher, funnily enough) and I got confused by how... Read more
The grammatical terms used in this book were mostly unknown to me (and my old English teacher, funnily enough) and I got confused by how... Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2008 by L. M. Rickard
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For serious students only
Be very sure that you need to understand Egyptian grammar to this depth before you buy this book because it is for serious academics only. Read more
Published on 26 Jun 2008 by David Mawson
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Introduction to Middle Egyptian
As a student of Egyptology at University, and one who is taking Egyptian Language as a module, I have to recommend that anyone seriously wishing to study the ancient Egyptian... Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2004 by Victoria Quinn
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Superbe!
This introduction on Middle Egyptian is simply superbe ! Having read the first 9 chapters at the moment of writing this review, I can only say that Dr Allen shows a lot of insight... Read more
Published on 16 Sep 2003 by Peter Alexandersen
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Very comprehensive introduction to Middle Egyptian
Real thought has gone into the best way of explaining the ancient language of egyptian hieroglyphics which is what makes Allen's book so readable. Read more
Published on 7 Nov 2001 by Dr Daron G Green
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