Hieroglyphic Vocabulary and Inscriptions

The Egyptian word for hieroglyphs, "words of the gods." fn

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The individual hieroglyph was termed 'sign,' 'image,' 'form'.

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Writing of the divine words:

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1. Davies, W.V., Reading the Past Egyptian Hieroglyphs, University of California Press/British Museum Printed in Great Britain 1985 (C) 1987
2. Gardiner, Sir Alan, Egyptian Grammar: Being an Introduction to the Study of Hieroglyphs , [(C) 1927] 1988 Oxford: Griffith Institute; 2nd Edition
3. Silverman, David P, editor, Searching for Ancient Egypt, University of Pennsylvania/Dallas Museum of Art (C) 1997 Cornell University Press