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The Dawn of Civilization: Egypt and Chald�a

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The spelling of ancient Egyptian proper names adopted by Professor Maspero will perhaps seem strange to many English readers. But it must be remembered that all our attempts to represent the pronunciation of ancient Egyptian words can be approximate only; we can never ascertain with certainty how they were actually sounded. All that can be done is to determine what pronunciation was assigned to them in the Greek period, and to work backwards from this, so far as it is possible, to more remote ages. This is what Professor Maspero has done, and it must be no slight satisfaction to him to find that on the whole his system of transliteration is confirmed by the cuneiform tablets of Tel cl - Amarna. The system, however, is unfamiliar to English eyes, and consequently, for the sake of the weaker brethren, the equivalents of the geographical and proper names he has used are given in the more usual spelling at the end of the work.

Pages: 850

Format: Hardcover

Release: January 01, 1994

ISBN 13: 9781361713921

The Dawn of Civilization: Egypt and Chald�a

5/5 ( ratings)

Extrait

The spelling of ancient Egyptian proper names adopted by Professor Maspero will perhaps seem strange to many English readers. But it must be remembered that all our attempts to represent the pronunciation of ancient Egyptian words can be approximate only; we can never ascertain with certainty how they were actually sounded. All that can be done is to determine what pronunciation was assigned to them in the Greek period, and to work backwards from this, so far as it is possible, to more remote ages. This is what Professor Maspero has done, and it must be no slight satisfaction to him to find that on the whole his system of transliteration is confirmed by the cuneiform tablets of Tel cl - Amarna. The system, however, is unfamiliar to English eyes, and consequently, for the sake of the weaker brethren, the equivalents of the geographical and proper names he has used are given in the more usual spelling at the end of the work.

Pages: 850

Format: Hardcover

Release: January 01, 1994

ISBN 13: 9781361713921

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