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James Allen's "Middle Egyptian literature" is actually almost all of the texts that were written in verse, though they are really more of prose in verse form rather than lyrical poetry. Most of Egyptian texts, like the Pyramid and Coffin texts, temple and stela inscriptions, etc. were basically poetry. As for love songs, I haven't yet come across any written in Hieroglyphs because they're all from Late Egyptian and later, and I still haven't explored that part of Egyptian literature.
John Foster’s Love Songs of the New Kingdom is still available on Amazon. There are hieroglyphic transcriptions of some of the poems in the book.
James Allen, Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1107663288/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_57CD6PZF0HA7K5NB3R24
Manley and Collier, How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs: A Step-by-Step Guide to Teach Yourself https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0520239490/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_4ZAHQ4K1QQSNF7V2TMTE
I found working through both at the same time to be helpful.
The Egyptian Amduat: The Book of the Hidden Chamber is one actual physical book like that. Expensive, though. u/Ergraf ’s already mentioned this one above (‘Hornung's editions of the Amduat’), but it’s worth giving the title, since Hornung also published other editions of the Amduat under the title Texte zum Amduat that do not follow this format.
Not sure on where to find specific translations but strongly recommend this book for learning hieroglyphics. Used it during my Ancient Egyptian course. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0714119105/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabt1_pC.UFbHCF7Q8R
As for prof. Shisha-Halevy, I have his book Coptic Grammatical Categories saved for when I finish with Lambdin's and Layton's courses, because it was immediately obvious to me the book is over my head.
There's this lexicon.
Thanks.
For those who use an Android phone, as a dictionary i use this App.
For Hieroglyphs flashcards i have Hieroglyphs Flash Cards.
A modern cheap (and from my last post I think reddit readers can guess I am a bit of a cheapskate) dictionary I use is Hieroglyphic Dictionary A Middle Egyptian Vocabulary by Bill Petty.
If you master Coptic phonology, like through studying Allen's Coptic: A Grammar of Its Six Major Dialects, you should be able figure out how to convert a unique Bohairic word into a Sahidic one, and vice-versa.
First the bad news. Mastering Ancient Egyptian is very hard and takes many years. To become an expert you need to master the different versions of hieroglyphs, how they changed over thousands of years, demotic and the two main versions of Coptic. An app on the internet is no substitute and any translation it comes up with is likely to be crude.
Now for the good news. To become a novice hobbyist with a basic working knowledge of Middle Kingdom hieroglyphs is not that hard - especially if you already have a working knowledge of Egyptology. So, my recommendation is to start by becoming a novice hobbyist and buy the following book by Bill Manley.
From there, you can decide if you want to get into studying Middle Kingdom hieroglyphs in more depth. Even if you don't, you'll have enough knowledge to ask more specific questions on this forum and understand the answers. Don't worry about offending anyone with asking silly questions. Most who post here (including myself) are learning as well! They're just a bit further down the path of knowledge.
Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by Day: The Complete Papyrus of Ani Featuring Integrated Text and Full-Color Images https://www.amazon.com/dp/1452144389/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_6TFNN8SX39CEDA3MW7ZW
Unfortunately, I did buy this off Amazon 3 years ago, but it is an absolutely beautiful book with vivid pictures of the plates in great color.
The following is a great edition with all the plates. It is a large book but larger is better because it makes it easier to read the text.
My only criticism is it does not include a transliteration and Faulkner's translation is idealized.
Pharaoh Finder
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ai.hieroglyphs.cartouche
It has nothing to do (yet) with AI
u/Kotiya_Sanae knows hieratic, maybe u/Bentresh knows some too?
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For those of you who want to study hieratic, I haven't started yet:
Page: http://www3.telus.net/public/sjfryer/Egypt/Hieratic/index.html
● Introduction to hieratic with the Shipwrecked Sailor
● Google: "A Very Brief Introduction to Hieratic", there's a pdf on egyptologyforum
Looking at a photo of the original scene here doesn't seem to help much, but would appear to support the idea that the original sign was a sort of parallelogram-shape, if it isn't a k. But I note one of the other opening of the mouth elements in the same register begins with wp r=k, in a way which has to be understood as "opening your mouth", so I think this is probably the safest restoration here.
I recommend Bill Petty’s Understanding Hieroglyphic Inscriptions: An Introductory Course to the Ancient Egyptian Language which primarily deals with common words and formulaic phrases you’d find in monumental inscriptions. It’s also a good introduction to hieroglyphs in general.