Meroitic Writing and Literature

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  • Meroitic Writing and Literature Book Detail

  • Author : Clyde Winters
  • Release Date : 2013-04-10
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  • Pages : 314
  • ISBN 13 : 9780615801506
  • File Size : 10,10 MB

Meroitic Writing and Literature by Clyde Winters PDF Summary

Book Description: In Meroitic Writing and Literature is divided into three parts. The first part of the book explains how I used the Kushana hypothesis to decipher the Meroitic script. It will outline the Classical literature that informed my decipherment of Meroitic and how Buddhists early settled in Upper Egypt and the Meroitic Empire and spread their religion and writing system: Tocharian. In Part two we outline the grammar of Meroitic. It will provide readers with a detailed overview of the Meroitic language and its grammar. Part Three provides translations of key Meroitic. These texts provide knowledge of the lifeway's of the Meroites especially their religion and some historical data. The Meroitic literature discussed in this book include : The Inscriptions of Tanyidamani; The Meroitic Chamber Inscription of Philae; and Meroitic Evidence for a Blemmy Empire in the Dodekaschoinas. These text were chosen because they include text written in archaic Meroitic (Tanyidemani), and other text written in late Meroitic. Meroitic Writing and Literature, is the first account of the Meroitic language and literature. It will allow readers the opportunity to learn how to read/decipher Meroitic text, while acquiring an intimate knowledge of the Meroites as individuals.

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