Admission requirements
None.
Description
Hittite is the language of the Hittite Empire that ruled over large parts of Anatolia and Syria from 1650-1200 BC. It is attested in some 30,000 pieces of clay tablet excavated in the Hittite capital Hattusa. It is the oldest attested Indo-European language.
Hieroglyphic Luwian is a sister language of Hittite, written in an indigenous hieroglyphic script and attested from ca. 1400-700 BC in Anatolia and North Syria.
In this course the student will learn these two Anatolian languages. Hittite will be taught in Latin transliteration, whereas Hieroglyphic Luwian will be studied in the hieroglyphic script.
Course objectives
At the end of the course, the student will have a basic reading competence in Hittite and Hieroglyphic Luwian, and will be able, with the help of grammar and dictionary, to independently translate basic texts in these two languages.
Timetable
The timetable is available on the MA Linguistics website
Mode of instruction
Students are required to sit in on the weekly seminars of the BA course Hittite. Next to these, the students are expected to study Hieroglyphic Luwian on the basis of self study in combination with three sessions (date and time to be determined together with the students) dedicated to Hieroglyphic Luwian.
Course Load
Time spent on attending seminars on Hittite: 26 hours
Seminars on Hieroglyphic Luwian: 6
Time preparation for Hittite class: 33 hours
Time for self study Hieroglyphic Luwian: 35 hours
Assessment method
Written examination, with two components, one on Hittite and one on Hieroglyphic Luwian, both counting for 50% of the final grade.
Students who fail the exam are allowed to make a resit exam.
Inspection and feedback
How and when an exam review will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will have to be organized.
BY APPOINTMENT.
Blackboard
Some of the contents of the course will be uploaded on Blackboard
Reading list
A reading list will be available on Blackboard
Registration
Enrolment through uSis is mandatory.
General information about uSis is available on the website
Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs
Not applicable
Contact
Please contact Student administration van Eyckhof for questions.
The coordinator of studies is Else van Dijk
Remarks
For more information, please contact the teacher, Alwin Kloekhorst (a.kloekhorst@hum.leidenuniv.nl).