Peust, Carsten: Egyptian phonology: an introduction to the phonology of a dead language (Göttingen, 1999)

a.6.2 The monoconsonantal signs and their transcription

There is no full agreement about the transcription of the monoconsonantal phonograms of
Pre-Coptic Egyptian. The following chart shows the transcription symbols used by some
important scholars. In this book, I adopt the system by Loprieno (1995) (for the/-signs DS?
§ 2.6.3). On the alphabetic arrangement Eg" § 2.8.1.

hiero-

sign
colora7

Budge

Wb.

Gar-

Edel

Cal-

Faulk-

Vernus Hodge

ScHEN-

Lopri-

glyph

(1920)



diner

(195^

LENDER

ner

(1988)

(1990)

KEL

eno





a8



(i957)

64)

(1975)

(1981)





(1990)

(1995)

/$





3

3

>

y

3

J

i

3

y

a



a

3

j

}

3

3

3

}

3

?

I

green

a

hj

i

J

i

i

J

?

i

j

green

i

J

y

hii

y

y

y

y

y

=9

11

black

i

J

y

j3o

y

y

j

h.

i



0—;

red

a

c

c

c

c

c

tf

c

c

c

$

yellow

u

W

W

W

W

w

w

W

w

w

|[

red

b

b

b

b

b

b

b

b

b

b

D

green

P

P

P

P

P

p

p

P

P

p

A

yellow

f

f

f

f

f

f

f

f

f

f

yellow

m

m

m

m

m

m

m

m

m

m

—

black

n

n

n

n

n

n

n

n

n

n

<=>

red

T

T

T

r

T

T

r

T

r

T

T

black

h

h

h

h

h

h

h

h

h

h

green

h

h

h

h

h

h

h

h

h

h

©

green

kh

h

h

h

k

h

b

X

k

k

«o

-

kha

h

b

I

h

I

1

X

I

I

—-

red

s

s

s

z

s, z

s, z

z

z

s

z

1

red

s

s

s

s

s

s

s

s

s

s

1—1

black

sh

s

s

s

s

s

s

s

s

s

n

black

1

k

k

1

k

k

1

1

k

9

<KZ7

green

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

k

©

red

8

e

g

g

g

g

g

g

g

g

Oi

black

t

t

t

t

t

t

t

t

t

t

==«

green

th

t

t

t

t

I

c

c

c

t

<^3

red

t

d

d

d

d

d

d

d

t

d

f

yellow

tch

d

d

d

d

d

g

8

c

d

27 As described in § 2.5.5, hieroglyphs are colored in many inscriptions. The chart indi-
cates the predominant sign color I found to occur most frequently. In careful in-
scriptions signs may have additional details inserted in other colors. ^_ is poly-
chrome, the color of •=° is variable. I have not distinguished between black and blue.

28 This is an example of the older transcription practice comprising vowels for which
Budge is one of the last influential proponents. Although this kind of transliteration
is now completely outdated, I cite it here because some works of Budge are still in
use among a broader public.

29 Although Loprieno indicates "jj or y" as the transcription in the chart on p. 15, he
uses/ in the overwhelming majority of cases in his book. The same for ".

30 See Edel (1955/62: I, § 293).

3i No example found in Hodge's data.

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