The Meroitic Language and Writing System

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Archaeology, Reference & Language, Language Arts, History
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Author: Claude Rilly, Alex de Voogt ISBN: 9781139564182
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: August 27, 2012
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Claude Rilly, Alex de Voogt
ISBN: 9781139564182
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: August 27, 2012
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

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 archaeologists 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.

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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 archaeologists 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.

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