Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs

Lesson 1. Language and writing Essay 1. Ancient Egyptian history Lesson 2. Unliteral signs Essay 2. Ancient Egyptian geography Lesson 3. Multiliteral signs Essay 3. Ancient Egyptian society Lesson 4. Nouns Essay 4. The gods Lesson 5. Pronouns Essay 5. The gods on Earth Lesson 6. Adjectives Essay 6. The king's names Lesson 7. Adjectival and nominal sentences Essay 7. Human nature Lesson 8. Prepositions and adverbs Essay 8. Death and the afterlife Lesson 9. Numbers Essay 9. Egyptian chronology Lesson 10. Adverbial sentences Essay 10. Maat Lesson 11. Non-verbal sentences Essay 11. The world before creation Lesson 12. Verbs Essay 12. The creation of the world Lesson 13. The infinitival forms Essay 13. The creative word Lesson 14. The pseudo-verbal construction Essay 14. The Memphite theology Lesson 15. The imperative and particles Essay 15. The creator Lesson 16. The stative Essay 16. Heresy Lesson 17. The sdm.n.f Essay 17. Phonology and writing Lesson 18. The sdm.f Essay 18. Egyptian literature Lesson 19. The other forms of the suffix conjugation Essay 19. Middle Egyptian wisdom literature Lesson 20. Adverb clauses Essay 20. Middle Egyptian stories Lesson 21. Noun clauses Essay 21. Historical texts Lesson 22. Relative clauses Essay 22. Religious texts Lesson 23. The active participle Essay 23. Hymns and poetry Lesson 24. The passive participle Essay 24. Non-literary texts Lesson 25. Emphatic sentences Essay 25. Letters Lesson 26. Middle Egyptian grammar Essay 26. Grammatical theory Where to go from here Sign list Dictionary Text references Indices Answers to the exercises.