The Meroitic Language and Writing System
The Meroitic Language and Writing System
Alex de Voogt, Museum of Natural History, New York
$141.00
USDThis 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.
- The first book available in the English language to offer a full introduction to the language and writing system of the ancient Nubians
- Integrates discussion of the language and the writing system
- Analyzes the role and the results of comparative linguistics in understanding Meroitic
Product details
August 2012Hardback
9781107008663
262 pages
234 × 159 × 22 mm
0.49kg
14 b/w illus. 3 maps 237 tables
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Table of 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.
