Admission requirements
Demotic Papyrology II or equivalent.
Description
This seminar takes place every two weeks. The main focus is on literary and religious texts or on texts adduced by the students themselves.
Course objectives
Reading and interpretation of texts that are uncharted territory for most Egyptologists. Participants are expected to look way beyond the available support tools and published literature.
Timetable
Please consult the timetables on the Classics and Ancient Civilizations website. Classes takes place ever other week.
Mode of instruction
Seminar
Course Load
Total course load for the course is 5 EC (140 hours), consisting of:
Classes, 26 hours;
Preparation for the classes, 78 hours;
Scientific commentary on the content of a Demotic text (to be announced), 36 hours.
Assessment method
Scientific commentary on the content of a Demotic text (to be announced) (100%).
Resit
Should the overall mark be unsatisfactory, students can rewrite the paper after consultation with the lecturer.
Exam review
Students will be invited to discuss the commentary as the results have been published.
Blackboard
Reading List
To be announced in class.
Registration
Students are required to register for this course via uSis, the course registration system of Leiden University.
Contact
Remarks
The course will be taught in Dutch or English, depending on the first language of participating students.