Site Key
• To search
to search for certain words in any of the pages
Mac: hit command + f then write the word either in English or MDC
and hit enter then scroll through the hits.
PC: Ctrl + f then write the word either in English or MDC
and hit enter then scroll through the hits.
* Help I see boxes ☒□ all over the place instead of letters
• For the purpose of this web site it is good to become familiar with these terms and their aberrations.
IPA International Phonetic Association
MdC: Manuel de Codage (most common used online)
Different Transliterations (other then MDC)
(AE) Ancient Egyptian
(EP) Early Dynastic period 3000-2686 BC
(OK) or (OE) : Old Kingdom 2686-2181 BC
(FI): First Intermediate period 2181-2025 BC
(ME): Middle Kingdom 2125-1773BC
(SI) : Second Intermediate period 1773–1550 BC
(NK) : New Kingdom 1550-1069 BC
(TI) : Third Intermediate period 1069–656 BC
(LE) : Late Kingdom 664–525 BC
(GR) : Greco-Roman 332 BC–395 AD
What does (V) mean?
It means that we suspect there is a vowl in this possition in the word, but not sure as to what vowl it was. It's used a place holder.
Coptic dialects
Upper Egypt (UE)
(S) : Sahidic or Thebaic
~ (Sa) Sahidic /Achmimic
~ (Sf) Sahidic /Fayyumic
(A) : Achmimic
~ (sA) sub Achmimic
(L) Lycopolitan or Subakhmimic or Assiutic
(NH) Nag Hammadi
Lower Egypt (LE)
(B) : Bohairic or Memphitic
(F) Fayyumic
(Fb) Fayyumic/Bohairic
(M) Oxyrhynchite or Mesokemic (M)
• If you see a code such as U36-X1-B1 it is what is referred to as Gardiner's code or list and is the way to call up glyphs. Check out
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardiner%27s_sign_list and the program Jsesh.com for more info.
to search for certain words in any of the pages
Mac: hit command + f then write the word either in English or MDC
and hit enter then scroll through the hits.
PC: Ctrl + f then write the word either in English or MDC
and hit enter then scroll through the hits.
* Help I see boxes ☒□ all over the place instead of letters
• For the purpose of this web site it is good to become familiar with these terms and their aberrations.
IPA International Phonetic Association
MdC: Manuel de Codage (most common used online)
Different Transliterations (other then MDC)
(AE) Ancient Egyptian
(EP) Early Dynastic period 3000-2686 BC
(OK) or (OE) : Old Kingdom 2686-2181 BC
(FI): First Intermediate period 2181-2025 BC
(ME): Middle Kingdom 2125-1773BC
(SI) : Second Intermediate period 1773–1550 BC
(NK) : New Kingdom 1550-1069 BC
(TI) : Third Intermediate period 1069–656 BC
(LE) : Late Kingdom 664–525 BC
(GR) : Greco-Roman 332 BC–395 AD
What does (V) mean?
It means that we suspect there is a vowl in this possition in the word, but not sure as to what vowl it was. It's used a place holder.
Coptic dialects
Upper Egypt (UE)
(S) : Sahidic or Thebaic
~ (Sa) Sahidic /Achmimic
~ (Sf) Sahidic /Fayyumic
(A) : Achmimic
~ (sA) sub Achmimic
(L) Lycopolitan or Subakhmimic or Assiutic
(NH) Nag Hammadi
Lower Egypt (LE)
(B) : Bohairic or Memphitic
(F) Fayyumic
(Fb) Fayyumic/Bohairic
(M) Oxyrhynchite or Mesokemic (M)
• If you see a code such as U36-X1-B1 it is what is referred to as Gardiner's code or list and is the way to call up glyphs. Check out
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardiner%27s_sign_list and the program Jsesh.com for more info.
