The Meroitic language and writing system : a linguistic and philological introduction / Claude Rilly, Alex de Voogt.

By:

Rilly, Claude

Contributor(s):

Voogt, Alexander J. de

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 252 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781139549370
1139549375
9781139554336
1139554336
9780511920028
0511920024
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9781139564182
1139887378
9781139887373
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9781283610506
9786613922953
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9781139550628
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9781139551878
1139555588
9781139555586

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Meroitic language and writing system.DDC classification:

496/.5 23

LOC classification:

PL8512.M45 R56 2012eb

Other classification:

SOC003000

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Contents:

Preface -- 1. Introduction to history and texts -- 2. Meroitic writing -- 3. Linguistic affiliation -- 4. Meroitic phonology: facts and reconstruction -- 5. Grammar: facts and hypotheses; Conclusions.

Summary: "This book provides an introduction to the Meroitic language and writing system"-- Provided by publisherSummary: "This book provides an introduction to the Meroitic language and writing system, which was used between circa 300 BC and 400 AD in the kingdom of Meroe, located in what is now Sudan and Egyptian Nubia. This book details advances in the understanding of Meroitic, a language that until recently was considered untranslatable. In addition to providing a full history of the script and an analysis of the phonology, grammar, and linguistic affiliation of the language it features: linguistic analyses for those working on Nilo-Saharan comparative linguistics, paleographic tables useful to archeologists for dating purposes, and an overview of texts that can be translated or understood by way of analogy for those working on Nubian religion, history, and archaeology"-- Provided by publisher

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"This book provides an introduction to the Meroitic language and writing system"-- Provided by publisher

"This book provides an introduction to the Meroitic language and writing system, which was used between circa 300 BC and 400 AD in the kingdom of Meroe, located in what is now Sudan and Egyptian Nubia. This book details advances in the understanding of Meroitic, a language that until recently was considered untranslatable. In addition to providing a full history of the script and an analysis of the phonology, grammar, and linguistic affiliation of the language it features: linguistic analyses for those working on Nilo-Saharan comparative linguistics, paleographic tables useful to archeologists for dating purposes, and an overview of texts that can be translated or understood by way of analogy for those working on Nubian religion, history, and archaeology"-- Provided by publisher