Description: The Pocket Reference Book of Egyptian Hieroglyphs by Geoffrey Johnson Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description The tourist who visits Egypt for the first time quickly comes face to face with the ancient hieroglyphs on jewellery, garments, or trinkets, and often purchases something which has upon it his/her name inside a cartouche. As the Egyptian language did not have all the letters of the English alphabet, to make up the shortfall a tourists alphabet was developed that adapted other glyphs (a glyph is a singe sign), and this alphabet has been included here. However it must not be confused with the academic language that is written on the monuments and used in this work.Please note that the book is intended as a vade mecum for those who can read the hieroglyphs, not as a tutorial for beginners. If an in-depth understanding of the Egyptian language is desired then the reader is recommended to take a course on the subject.Useful words and phrases have been included to assist in the translation of the inscriptions carved on Egypts monuments and on museum relics. It should be borne in mind that considerable experience in the language is required before many of the inscriptions can be read on sight, but good photographs of them can always be studied long after the visit is over. A selection of the inscriptions are listed here in alphabetic order. The entries included are those found either useful or interesting, and the sign lists should prove invaluable, being quicker and easier to find any particular glyph than in Gardiners book, although all the glyphs are based upon his sign list. Instead of his small uncoloured outline drawings, they are larger scale and derived from tomb paintings. They are as accurately detailed and coloured as possible and were drawn by the author. The full list of larger drawings is unpublished but is available from the author on request.All the information contained herein conforms to Gardiners Egyptian Grammar, the book used by most modern Egyptologists. In his vocabulary section Gardiner made the English-Egyptian lists alphabetical, but he did not do the same for the Egyptian-English part. The entries in this section (i.e. pages 549-564 of his book) are rather chaotic, making the finding of any particular word difficult, so an alphabetic contents list for this section has been included. Details ISBN 1540763374 ISBN-13 9781540763372 Title The Pocket Reference Book of Egyptian Hieroglyphs Author Geoffrey Johnson Format Paperback Year 2016 Pages 150 Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform GE_Item_ID:128287992; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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Book Title: Pocket Reference Book of Egyptian Hieroglyphs : Useful Words and Phrases to Assist in the Translation of the Inscriptions Written on Egypt's Monuments and Museum Relics
Number of Pages: 152 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Topic: Ancient / Egypt
Item Height: 0.3 in
Publication Year: 2016
Illustrator: Johnson, Geoffrey, Yes
Genre: History
Item Weight: 10.1 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Geoffrey Johnson
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
