Teaching Grammar of Middle Egyptian

Joshua Aaron Roberson is associate professor of Art History and Egyptian Language at the University of Memphis, and assistant director of the University's Institute of Egyptian Art & Archaeology. He serves as the seal-impressions analyst for the German Archaeological Institute in Cairo (DAIK) expedition Lebenswirklichkeiten - Eine Synthese von Archäologie und Naturwissenschaften ("Realities of Life - A Synthesis of Archaeology and the Natural Sciences"), at Elephantine Island in Aswan, Egypt. He is the author of A Lexicon of Ancient Egyptian Cryptography of the New Kingdom (Berlin, 2020), Ramesside Inscriptions: Historical and Biographical, vol. IX (Wallasey, 2018), The Awakening of Osiris and the Transit of the Solar Barques (Freiburg and Göttingen, 2013), and The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Earth (Atlanta, 2012).

This volume serves as a teaching grammar for Middle Egyptian, the classical language and script of ancient Egypt, offering a comprehensive foundation in both. [ . . . ] Additionally, the volume includes four appendices with sign lists, charts, paradigms, and a key to the even numbered exercises, making it a valuable resource for both teachers and students of ancient Egyptian under instructor guidance. JUDIT M. BLAIR, Society for Old Testament Study: Book List 2026