Admission requirements
Not applicable.
Description
Introduction into the Egyptian hieroglyphic script and the grammar of Middle Egyptian. Middle Egyptian is the classical phase of the Egyptian language, and it is the essential basis for learing other phases of the language.
Course objectives
In an intensive seminar knowledge of signs and vocabulary will be acquired in combination with the principles of Middle Egyptian grammar. At the end of the course the student should be able to read sentences in the original script. The seminar provides the basis for continuing with classes in reading texts and in other phases of the language, such as Old and Late Egyptian, Demotic and Coptic. Knowledge of the hieroglyphic script is also required for the study of other forms of the script such as hieratic.
Timetable
The timetable is available on the Classics and Ancient Civilizations website.
Mode of instruction
Seminar
Course Load
Total course load 10 EC x 28 hours= 280 hours
Lectures: 72 hours
Study of compulsory literature: 60 hours
Preparation exam: 144 hours
Exam(s): 4 hours
Assessment method
Written examination with short open questions. A series of tests in the sessions of the seminar (10%), a mid-term examination (30%) and a final examination (60%).
Weighing
The final mark for the course is established by determining the weighted average.
Resit
The tests and the mid-term exam do not have a resit. In case the final grade of the course is insufficient, students can take the resit which will cover the entire material of the course and the mark of the resit will replace all previously earned marks.
Blackboard
Blackboard will be used for: the distribution of materials for practice.
Reading list
James P. Allen, Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, third edition, Cambridge ea 2014.
Registration
Enrolment through uSis is mandatory.
General information about uSis is available in English and Dutch
Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs
Not applicable.