About this title: The author presents 20 Egyptian texts, nine of which were taken from monuments inscribed with the hieroglyphic character and eleven are transcripts into hieroglyphics from hieratic texts, divided them into words, wrote transliterations of them and made a complete vocabulary. In dividing the words, he was guided by the wish to make them easily distinguishable and by transliterating them, he followed the old system sanctioned by Birch, Lepsius and others. With the view of helping the beginner, an English version of a few of the texts has been added and it is hoped that these may smooth the way ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780486274867ISBN:0486274861
Description: Good+ No Jacket Issued. This is a republished book from 1896. This is a soft cover trade paperback book on reading Egyptian Hieroglyps. This condition is Good to Good+. This book is solid and the spine is still nice. The pages are tight and these pages are also white & bright. They are unmarked, no names. There is some edge wear and a few cover crease marks, but very Interesting and solid. 592 pages. read more
Edition: Reissue
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dover Publishing, NY / London
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780486274867ISBN:0486274861
Description: Very Good + 8vo 0486274861 this Dover edition, first published in 1993 is an unabridged, unaltered republiction of the work originally published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd. London, 1896 under the title An Egyptian Reading Book for Beginners: Being a Series of Historical, Funereal, Moral, Religious and Mythological Texts Printed in Hieroglyphic Characters Together with a Translitertion and A Complete Vocabualary. read more
Description: Good. 0486274861 ISBN: 0486274861 Trade Paperback, 592 pages. G+. Light wear, creases, otherwise a solid unmarked copy. Dover Publications, Inc., Unabrigded, Unaltered Republication, 1993. Foreign Language, Hieroglyphics, Ancient Egypt. Book Description: 20 Egyptian texts? dating from c. 2400 BC to 250 BC? on historical, religious, funereal, other topics printed in hieroglyphics together with transliterations and a complete vocabulary. Also included are full English translations of 8 of the ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dover Publications, New York
Date Published: 1993
Description: Softcover. Very good condition. Students of Egyptology who wish to learn hieroglyphics will find this book enormously helpful. It contains 20 Egyptian texts on historical, funereal, moral, religious and mythological subjects printed in hieroglyphics together with transliterations and a complete vocabulary. read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dover Publications, Mineola NY
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780486274867ISBN:0486274861
Description: Very Good + No Jacket (as issued) 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Spine v sl edgeworn but unbroken, covers crisp, interior clean & tight. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: KESSINGER PUB LLC
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780766141841ISBN:0766141845
Description: New. The author presents 20 Egyptian texts, nine of which were taken from monuments inscribed with the hieroglyphic character and eleven are transcripts into hieroglyphics from hieratic texts, divided them into words, wrote transliterations of them and ma... read more
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