JSesh 2.4.15 Released

New version of JSesh was released by Serge Rosmorduc.
The following changes were made:

"The most notable improvement of 2.4.15 is the addition of a new
software: the sign info editor. It allows one to add information on
signs, for instance transliteration and sign description. I hope that
some JSesh user with enough expertise in Egyptology will take advantage
of this to improve the existing data.

Meanwhile, this also means that the JSesh palette has been improved.

Other changes:

* Now, '-' can be used while typing signs transliterations for entering
signs. For instance, you can type "Hwt-Hr".

* Corrected interpretation of \r and \t when importing winglyph text.

* Corrected some bugs in TTF fonts import (well, some of those bugs are due
to the various versions of Java.

* We now include the MDC source file in the PDF output of JSesh as a comment
(in the Subject field). This is a trick, but it will allows us, for
instance, to
save and reload PDF files created by JSesh, which is a requirement of
the IFAO."

DOWNLOAD LINK: jsesh.qenherkhopeshef.org/download

UAT Instructor Creates Cuneiform and Hieroglyphic Translator

"Joe McCormack has completed work on a web-based application that translates English words into cuneiform script from the Assyrian, Babylonian, Sumerian and the hieroglyphic script of Egyptian."


"The translator works by converting cuneiform and hieroglyphs, both used in the earliest forms of writing, into English words. For example, typing "I am a father" into the Ancient Egyptian translator yields hieroglyphs that roughly translate to "I am" and "father." The translator has been featured on several museum websites around the world and websites specializing in resources for the ancient world."

Hieroglyphic translator is online at Joe's web site virtualsecrets.com



(You can also download 346
flashcard sheets for learning
individual AE words.)

Family members

	Abt	family, household
	ir n	born of ("made of")
	ms n	born of
	sn	brother
	snt	sister
	sA	son
	sAt	daughter
or	it	father
	mwt	mother
	Hmt	wife
	hi	husband

Family members are usually referred to as "beloved ones"

mry beloved

Hieroglyphs Everywhere - Presentation by Bob Richmond

"Hieroglyphs Everywhere" by Bob Richmond
Oxford, August 2006

Articles relating to the use of computer technology for Ancient Egyptian.

Download PDF (1 MB) - from PowerPoint presentation

Contents:
- Ancient Egyptian in Print
- Ancient Egyptian as Information
- Future Directions
- Hieroglyphs Everywhere

More info:
Saqqara Technology

Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy by Henry Fischer

"Ancient Egyptian Calligraphy. A Beginner's Guide to Writing Hieroglyphs" 4th edition.
by Henry G. Fischer
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999.

A nice book for learning how to write hieroglyhs. It is available for download on Giza Archives Project website.

Download PDF (10.7 MB)

[I found it on Andie's Egyptology News blog:
"Lovely book, in PDF format, which gives you detailed guidelines on how to draw each hieroglyph, stroke by stroke. Wonderful for those who are calligraphilcally-challenged!"]

Common Words - Part 2

	wr	great
	xfAw	snake
	Hmt	wife
	st	place
	dpt	boat

List of Common Prepositions

	in	by
	m	in
	n	to, for
	r	to, toward, with respect to
	mi	like
	Hna	together with, and
	Hr	on, upon
	xnt	at the head of
	xr	near
	Xr	under
	Dr	since
	tp	atop