The Ancient Egypt Site - Grammars and Sign-lists

The Ancient Egypt Bibliography is a growing list of over 550 books on Ancient Egypt, written in different languages.

This list is intentionally eclectic: some books will be highly scientific, some are meant for a more general audience and others yet are intended for children.

Several books in this list hold a link to the world's largest on-line bookshops: Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk, enabling you to expand your personal library with your favourite books on Ancient Egypt.

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A Late Egyptian Grammar

Author(s): Cerny, Jaroslav - Groll, Sarah
Published: Rome, 1975

Altägyptische Grammatik I

Author(s): Edel, Elmar
Published: Roma, 1955

Altägyptische Grammatik II

Author(s): Edel, Elmar
Published: Roma, 1955 - 1964

Altägyptische Grammatik. Bearbeitet von Rolf Gundlach und Barbara Schwarzkopf

Author(s): Edel, Elmar
Published: Roma, 1967

Ancient Egyptian. A linguistic introduction

Author(s): Loprieno, Antonio
Published: Cambridge University Press, 1995

The first account to include the insight of modern linguistics, this book covers the hieroglyphic system and its cursive varieties, as well as phonology, morphology and syntax.

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Egyptian Grammar

Author(s): Gardiner, sir Alan H.
Published: Griffith Institute, Oxford, 1979

Class-book of Middle-Egyptian. Each chapter is a lesson dealing with one or more topics of the Egyptian language, ending with a vocabulary and an exercise. A small dictionary English-Hieroglyphic and Hieroglyphic-English, combined with a sign-list will help any student on the way.

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Egyptian Hieroglyphic Grammar: With Vocabularies, Excercises, Chrestomathy

Author(s): Mercer, S.A.
Published: Ares Publications, 1980

Lots of exercises, an interesting sign-list and a good grammar, this book should not be missing on any student of Egyptology's desk.

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Grammaire Egyptienne. Moyen Empire Pharaonique

Author(s): Du Bourguet, Pierre
Published: Peeters, Leuven, 1980

Grammaire élémentaire du Moyen Egyptien

Author(s): De Buck, A.
Published: E.J.Brill, Leiden, 1967

Grammatik der Dendaratexte

Author(s): Junker, Hermann
Published: Leipzig, 1906

Het Demotisch Schrift

Author(s): Vleeming, Sven P.
Published: Leiden, 1988

Hieratische Paläographie. Die ägyptische Buchschrift in ihrer Entwicklung von der fünften Dynastie bis zur römischer Kaiserzeit (3 vols)

Author(s): Möller, Georg
Published: Osnabrück, 1965

Inventaire des Signes Hiéroglyphiques en vue de leur Saisie Informatique

Author(s): Buurman, Jan (e.a)
Published: Paris, 1988

L'Ecriture Figurative dans les Textes d'Esna (Esna VIII)

Author(s): Sauneron, Serge
Published: Le Caire, 1982

Middel-Egyptische Grammatica - Een praktische inleiding in de Egyptische taal en het hiërogliefenschrift

Author(s): Zonhoven, L.M.J.
Published: Leiden, 1992

Middle Egyptian: An Introduction

Author(s): Englund, Gertie
Published: Uppsala University, 1995

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

Author(s): Allen, James P.
Published: Cambridge University Press, 2000

Written well and easy to follow, this book is an introduction to hieroglyphics for the serious student as well as the amateur.

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Middle Egyptian Grammar

Author(s): Hoch, James
Published: Benben, 1995

Neuägyptische Grammatik

Author(s): Erman, Adolf
Published: Georg Olm Verlag, Hildesheim, 1968

Neuägyptische Grammatik. Catalogue of References

Author(s): Erman, Adolf
Published: Toronto, 1973

Thus wrote 'Onkhsheshonqy. An Introductory Grammar of Demotic

Author(s): Johnson, Janet H.
Published: Chicago, 1986

Valeurs Phonétiques des Signes Hiéroglyphiques d'Epoque Gréco-Romaine (3 vols)

	Author(s): Daumas, François (ed.) Published: Montpellier, 1988-1990