Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs
| Egyptian Grammar Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs |
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| Author | Sir Alan Gardiner |
| Language | English with Egyptian texts |
| Subject(s) | Egyptian language, Language |
| Genre(s) | Textbook |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Publication date | 1927 |
| Pages | 646 |
Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs was written by Alan Gardiner and first published in 1927 in London by the Oxford University Press. It has been reprinted several times since. Through a series of thirty-three lessons, the book gives an extremely thorough overview of the language and writing system of Ancient Egypt. The focus of the book is the literary language of the Middle Kingdom. The creation of the book resulted in the development of an extremely accurate and detailed hieroglyphic typeset, (Gardiner's Sign List).
Gardiner’s work is considered to this day to be the most thorough textbook of the Egyptian language in existence, although subsequent developments have supplanted a number of aspects of Gardiner's understanding of Egyptian grammar, particularly with regard to the verbal system.
[edit] Editions
- First edition 1927; published on behalf of the Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford by Oxford University Press.
- Second edition 1950.
- Third edition 1957. ISBN 978-0900416354
