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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
- Glossing Akkadian
- Ancient Egyptian
- Glossing Hieroglyphic Ancient Egyptian (Old/Middle/Late Egyptian, Demotic)
- Glossing Coptic (Please contribute)
- Glossing Ancient Greek (Please contribute)
- Glossing Hittite
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ḫ, š, ṭ, ʿ, (for Egyptian:) Ꜣ, ḥ, ẖ, ṯ, ḏ.