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Volume 1 of the monumental work containing about 25,000 words and terms that occur in texts ranging from 3000 B.C. to 600 A.D. Each entry consists of a transliteration of the word, the word in hieroglyphs, and the meaning in English. Indispensable to serious student.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the very best Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionaries!!!, Jun 29 2001

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"ambestagon" (Lake Jackson, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, Vol. 2 (Paperback)

Even though the information in this set is somewhat out of date, after having it for a day, i have learned SO much about hieroglyphics and Egypt. Even though i don't even have the second book yet, I love it! It has a very simple layout. Even a person that knows nothing about Egypt can benefit from this book. I have learned so much from the first volume in one day. This is the best and most complete Hieroglyphic Dictionary that i have come in contact with. I can't wait to find out what else this volume and the second have in store. I would HIGHLY recommend this book to experts and amateurs in the field of Egyptology. I hope everyone benefits from this book as much as i have.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Buyer Beware!, Jan 11 2001

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Kat K. Munro (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, Vol. 2 (Paperback)

This two book set has some merits as an extensive base of heiroglyphic information. It is put together in a fairly easy to use format. HOWEVER!

Please be wary that this is the second half of the complete book. The first volume, or the first half of the dictionary, is not available for purchase. Before you think of purchasing this title, be sure that you have found the first volume, otherwise the back half is more than useless. I purchased this thinking I would easily find the first half, but was proved wrong.

Due to the outdated nature of this material, I recommend you find a more contemporary dictionary of Ancient Egyptian that is in its entirety.

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4.0 out of 5 stars This book is very useful!, Jun 9 2004

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charlie (Bristol) - See all my reviews

This review is from: An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

This book has had very mixed reactions from those who have read it. Budge was writing at a time when people were unsure of the exact values of certain characters, and when many things about the Ancient Egyptians were still unknown. For this reason there are some strange mistakes in his dictionaries that many advanced scholars now criticse him for.

However, this book does offer one of the largest hieroglyphic dictionaries currently available and for this reason it is indispensable.A casual learner, who wants to be able to read the cartouches that appear on monuments and stelae can do so with Budge's king list.

An advanced scholar though, who needs to know the unusual words that can be found only in Budge's dictionaries, will have enough knowledge to correct his outdated transliteration.
For the casual student I recommend this book intensely, as it helps greatly with cartouches and formulaic inscriptions.
For the more advanced Egyptologist I also recommend this book, as it offers as I have said a far less "concise" version of Faulkner's Concise Dictionary.

P.S If you buy Volume One, do not forget to purchase Volume Two!

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