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Glossing Ancient Languages and Texts
Glossing of Heinrich Brugsch (1855)
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General recommendations
- General glossing rules and recommendations (alignment, punctuation)
- Recommended glossing abbreviations
Glossing of Jean François Champollion (1836-1841)
Modern glossing of same passage
Specific recommendations for different languages
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- Glossing Akkadian
- Ancient Egyptian
- Glossing Hieroglyphic Ancient Egyptian (Old/Middle/Late Egyptian, Demotic)
- Glossing Coptic
- Glossing Ancient Greek
- Glossing Hittite
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Technical issues
Examples
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- Examples of glossed Akkadian texts
- Examples of glossed Ancient Egyptian texts
- Examples of glossed Ancient Greek texts
- Examples of glossed Hittite texts
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ḫ, š, ṭ, ʿ, (for Egyptian:) Ꜣ, ḥ, ẖ, ṯ, ḏ.