TRANSACTIONS 



OF TllK 



AMERICAN rillLOSOrillCAL SOCIETY. 



ARTICLK I. 

 A DICTIONARY OF THE EGVPTIAX LANGUAGE. 



BY EDWARD V. MoCAULBY, U. S. N. 

 Rca<l 4><'(<>l><-r 30. iSH-i. 



PREFACE. 



In 1880, I made a manuscript copy of Dr. Birch's Egyjjlian Ditlioiiaiy {\o\. 

 V, of Bunsen's Egypt). As it was inadequate for the present requirement I added 

 to it a list of words compiled fiom translations, lately made, of papyrus texts and 

 monumental inscriptions, witli the aid of Chabas' Melanges Egyj)tul<)giques, and tlic 

 works of Grebaut, Deveria, Goodwin, &c. Finally, I closely compared the work 

 with Pierret's Yocabulairc, the latest issue of the kind, resulting in the Dictionary 

 now laid before the Society. 



1 claim for it that it contains all the words that could be ol)tained frmn the 

 sources I have just mentioned, and i)robal)ly all that have been delined by Egyj)- 

 tologists uji to the present time. 



These words, and their variants, arc placed under their proper initial syml)ols 

 or characters, which, being carefully indexed, even the uninitiated may work dui 

 the meaning of a liieroglyphical text. 



I have not placed any geographical m- liieological names in I lie book. 

 Oui' constantly increasing information on the geogi'ai>h3' and rcliL,^ion of ancient 

 Egypt, necessitating constant correction, I tliought it lietu-r to restrict myself 

 to the compilation of a book that would be of use in ti-anslating ordin;iry lin- 

 gual text. 



E. Y. M. ('Ari.i:^ . 



PiiiLADELi'iiiA. December, 1882. 



