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Summary: An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary (Vol 1)
Review: An excellent, comprehensive dictionary. There are not many hieroglyphic dictionaries, and certainly none of this detail. Although Sir Wallis Budge published 78 books on Egyptology, he must have died before he finished Vol 2! If you want to go from A to KH only, you'll be fine! What happened to Vol 2???
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Summary: a good book
Review: Even though the information in this set is somewhat out of date, after having it for a day, i have learned SO much about hieroglyphics and Egypt.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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Summary: Tempted but not Sold!
Review: I have used this particular reference book many times in my own research and found it invaluable. So when I saw it advertised @ Amazon.com, I was very tempted to add it to my own library, however! Vol 1 only contains the first half of the Egyptian Hieroglyphic dictionary and my search for Vol 2 returned a negative outcome. Surely if Vol 1 is available... Vol 2 could also be offered? Therefore I am not willing to purchase Vol 1 until I am sure Vol 2 can be acquired. (How 'bout a package deal on these two items 'Amazon'?)
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Summary: Budge's Dictionary in Two Volumes
Review: I've noted numerous complaints about the elusive Volume 2 to Budge's heiroglyphic dictionary. Worry not, Amazon does in fact carry it. I querried them and received an e-mail the next day with all of the information I needed to order Volume 2. And even very old, the dictionary is in fact highly valuable. True, there are some oddities with the way he treats the spelling of gods' and kings' names and with other vocabulary, but it's not difficult to get past that stuff. Faulkner's Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian is another good source, but it is much too concise...Budge contributes significantly more detail. Just be mindful of the dictionary's age and all we've learned since his time.
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Summary: This book is very useful!
Review: 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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Summary: Beware! This work is out of date!
Review: This book is very, very old. There's nothing wrong with the scholarship in this book - Budge was no nut case - but about 10% of what's in here is flat wrong because it is outdated. We've learned a considerable amount since the days of Budge. Use Gardiner's Middle Egyptian Grammar, E. O. Faulkner's Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, and/or Allen's grammar. Budge is still useful, but only for advanced students who know enough to know which parts are wrong. For heaven's sake, if you're just starting out, avoid this book!
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Summary: Beware! This work is out of date!
Review: This book is very, very old. There's nothing wrong with the scholarship in this book - Budge was no nut case - but about 10% of what's in here is flat wrong because it is outdated. We've learned a considerable amount since the days of Budge. Use Gardiner's Middle Egyptian Grammar, E. O. Faulkner's Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, and/or Allen's grammar. Budge is still useful, but only for advanced students who know enough to know which parts are wrong. For heaven's sake, if you're just starting out, avoid this book!
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Summary: Only half a book
Review: When I ordered this title, I was not made aware that it is a two volume work, of which I only ordered vol. one. So, I ended up with what amounts to half of a book. I do not fault the publisher, but I do fault Amazon. Now I will have to find the other volume and pay shipping all over again.... Poor job Amazon.
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