Précis du système hiéroglyphique des anciens Égyptiens

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Précis du système hiéroglyphique des anciens Égyptiens is a foundational 1824 work by Jean-François Champollion in which he systematically explains his decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and the structure of the writing system.

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instanceOf Egyptology book ⓘ
book ⓘ
author Jean-François Champollion ⓘ
basedOn comparison of Greek and Egyptian texts ⓘ
study of the Rosetta Stone ⓘ
centuryOfPublication 19th century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
describes determinatives in Egyptian writing ⓘ
ideographic use of hieroglyphs ⓘ
phonetic values of hieroglyphic signs ⓘ
relationship between hieroglyphic and demotic scripts ⓘ
structure of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing system ⓘ
eraOfAuthorship post-Napoleonic era ⓘ
explains method of decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
role of proper names in decipherment ⓘ
use of bilingual inscriptions ⓘ
field Egyptology ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
philology ⓘ
genre academic treatise ⓘ
scholarly work ⓘ
hasContributionTo decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
foundation of scientific Egyptology ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Jean-François Champollion ⓘ
historicalSignificance first systematic exposition of Champollion’s decipherment ⓘ
landmark work in the study of ancient writing systems ⓘ
influenced later Egyptologists ⓘ
subsequent studies of hieroglyphic writing ⓘ
language French ⓘ
mainFocus classification of hieroglyphic signs ⓘ
principles of reading hieroglyphic texts ⓘ
systematic explanation of Egyptian hieroglyphic system ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage French ⓘ
publicationType monograph ⓘ
publicationYear 1824 ⓘ
relatedTo Lettre à M. Dacier relative à l’alphabet des hiéroglyphes phonétiques ⓘ
Rosetta Stone ⓘ
scholarlyDiscipline Oriental studies ⓘ
subject Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
ancient Egyptian language ⓘ
decipherment of scripts ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
usedBy historians of writing ⓘ
students of Egyptology ⓘ

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