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HIEROGLYPHICS FLASHCARDS

Last Update: Monday, 02 August 2004

Note: you must have the Glyph Basic fonts and the Transliteration fonts installed in your system in order for  this page to be displayed correctly,

A brief explanation: I have written these programs for myself, to help me learn the fascinating world of Hieroglyphs and Ancient Egyptian Language. I am distributing them to those who are interested, for their personal non commercial use. The programs however remain my copyright.

They are meant for you to fill in the definitions as you encounter new glyphs and new words while you study but I left the few I have already inserted as examples.

Disclaimer: These programs are distributed “As is”. No guarantee is given, implicit or explicit and no liability is accepted for any problem resulting from their use.

To download the programs (Windows operating system) click on their names below.

Hieroglyphs 1.2: Computerized flashcard / Personal single hieroglyph dictionary. Presents you with  761 hieroglyphs of the Gardiner's list and offers four fields: Transliteration, Meaning, Type and Comment for you to fill. You can then browse, search or chose randomly any of the hieroglyphs or restricts these actions to only those that you have selected as active. About 124 Kb.
When you have filled most or all the definitions, please send me the file "Glypdata.csv", I will put it on line and acknowledge you.

You will need WinRar to unpack the Hieroglyphs program. Click on the link to download it.

Also you must have the Glyph Basic fonts and the Transliteration fonts installed in your system in order for the program to work correctly

Gérard G. Passera, has created a dictionary in French. Download the file GlypdataFrench.rar and unrar it in your Hieroglyph directory. Warning: Make sure you backup your original Glypdata.csv as it will be overwritten.

HieroWord 3.3.2 (Full install) Allows you to chose among 809 hieroglyphs of the Gardiner's list AND among 6716 hieroglyphs of the extended library from the CCER and arrange them in words of up to 21 signs. It also offers the same four fields (Transliteration, Meaning, Type and Comment) for you to fill plus the Gardiner's notation. I don't have a manual (yet) but I have written a tutorial included in the archive. This program is still being developed so you might encounter some bugs here and there. About 4 Mb.
Significant improvements from Version 2 include:

• Switched from a purely "Button console" driven program to a Menu driven program.
• Expanded the capability to Print
• Automatic sort of the Gardiner's notation to correctly reflect the glyphs order
• Included the letters y and z when sorting by transliteration according to the egyptological "alphabetical order" (A y i a w b p f m n r h H x X z s S q k g t T d D).
• Improved Transliteration Guess to ignore phonetic complements
• Includes an Info window for the dictionary being used

Warning: If you have used a previous version and created your own words, DO NOT replace your existing Words.csv  file with the downloaded one or you will lose all your definitions.

Upgrade to HieroWord 3.3.2 from previous versions 3.x (Note: if you have version 2.x download the full version instead).

When you have entered a few (or many) words, please send me the dictionary file "Words.csv". I will put it online and acknowledge you.

You will need WinRar to unpack the HieroWord program. Click on the link to download it

Also you must have the Transliteration fonts installed in your system in order for the program to work correctly.

Mark Vygus Has entered the entire Faulkner's Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian (more than 11,000 definitions!). Congratulation for the heroic accomplishment! Download the file CDME.rar (this dictionary is not compatible with previous versions of Hierowords). If you want to make it your default dictionary you can  rename the file to "Words.csv" and  replace the existing file Words.csv.

Hans Mion Has entered the vocabularies from Gardiner's 3rd edition. The note 'G03v^' means: Gardiner, lesson 3, vocabulary. It allows for easier sorting and editing. Download the file Gardinerall.rar. You may need to download the new full install version of Hieroword to be able to see all the definitions.

Important: In order for BOTH of the programs to work, you MUST also have the files Msvbvm60.dll  installed in the Windows/System directory.
You can download Msvbvm60.dll a self installing file from here.
 

After you try the programs, please send me a feedback, I will appreciate!

Enjoy

Luca Brigatti

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