| A Hieroglyphic Dictionary of Egyptian Coffin Texts Contributor(s): Van Der Molen, R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004116540 ISBN-13: 9789004116542 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $469.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Language: Egyptian Published: February 2000 Annotation: The present volume is the long-awaited lexicon of Egyptian coffin texts. In 1961 A. de Buck published his important seven-volume "Egyptian Coffin Texts. The major Egyptian dictionaries having appeared before that date, De Buck's 1961 corpus of texts was left without lexicographical covering since then. The importance of these texts, however, is considerable for a variety of reasons; they are one of the most important "literary texts of classical Egypt; the many variants greatly enlarge our understanding of grammar and linguistic structures; the coffin texts are "magical texts, the effectiveness of which depended upon the "exact reproductions of the original spells. Included are all the variant hieroglyphic forms, and the fragments, often reconstructed, contained in De Buck's volume 7. Special features are a list (reproduction) of yet unreadable hieroglyphs, as well as a list of the cryptic writings, contained in the coffin texts. The dictionary is shaped after Erman & Grapow's "Wvrterbuch der Dgyptischen Sprache and Faulkner's "Egyptian Dictionary. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | African Languages (see Also Swahili) - Architecture | Interior Design - General - History | Ancient - Egypt |
| Dewey: 493.132 |
| LCCN: 99087059 |
| Series: Probleme Der Ägyptologie |
| Physical Information: 2.44" H x 6.64" W x 9.54" (3.85 lbs) 936 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - North Africa - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The present volume is the long-awaited lexicon of Egyptian coffin texts. In 1961 A. de Buck published his important seven-volume Egyptian Coffin Texts. The major Egyptian dictionaries having appeared before that date, De Buck's 1961 corpus of texts was left without lexicographical covering since then. The importance of these texts, however, is considerable for a variety of reasons; they are one of the most important literary texts of classical Egypt; the many variants greatly enlarge our understanding of grammar and linguistic structures; the coffin texts are magical texts, the effectiveness of which depended upon the exact reproductions of the original spells. Included are all the variant hieroglyphic forms, and the fragments, often reconstructed, contained in De Buck's volume 7. Special features are a list (reproduction) of yet unreadable hieroglyphs, as well as a list of the cryptic writings, contained in the coffin texts. The dictionary is shaped after Erman & Grapow's W rterbuch der gyptischen Sprache and Faulkner's Egyptian Dictionary. |