Admission requirements
Demotic Papyrology I or equivalent (the latter will require an informal exam)
Description
Reading of Demotic religious, literary and administrative texts, including unpublished texts. Students are expected to use the available tools to arrive at the correct readings, including motivation and references.
Course objectives
After Demotic Papyrology I this course teaches students how to read Demotic on the basis of their own knowledge and skills. The main aim is that they develop a critical eye that will enable them to deal with Demotic sources on their own, without the help of an edition. Students are also expected to be able to relate the sources treated in class to the context of Egypt in the Late Period and the Ptolemaic era.
Timetable
Please consult the Classics and Ancient Civilizations website..
Mode of instruction
Seminar
Course Load
Course load for 10 EC (= 280 hours):
Classes 14 × 4 uur = 28 hours (two classes per week);
Preparation tutorials = 168 hours;
Study of compulsory literature = 44 hours;
Exam = 40 hours
Assessment method
Take home exam
Students will have a whole week (40 hours) to decipher an unknown text as best as possible. Special focus is also placed on the reasoning and references behind specific readings.
The final mark is determined by attendance, preparation and participation (40%) and a written exam (60%). Both should be 6 out of 10 or higher.
Blackboard
Reading list
J.H. Johnson, Thus Wrote 'Onchsheshonqy: An Introductory Grammar of Demotic (2000) (freely downloadable from the website of the Oriental Institute in Chicago)
Mark Depauw, A Companion to Demotic Studies (1997)
Registration
Students are required to register for this course via uSis, the course registration system of Leiden University.
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