Description

Through knowledge and understanding, students will be able to: • Describe the evolution of hieroglyphs into hieratic • List the main hieratic papyri and ostraca Through intellectual skills, students will be able to: • Analyse the grammar of a texts • Explain linguistic choices • Identify loanwords Through professional and practical skills, students will be able to: • Translate short passages • Independently consult the grammar book • Use a dictionary • Read directly from hieratic Through general and transferable skills, students will be able to: • Work in a team • Deliver a public speech • Criticize/Defend a translation

Program

Egyptian Archaeology

Objectives

• This course aims at providing the students with an introduction to Late Egyptian and Hieratic script. In the first of the course students will have an overview of the character of Late Egyptian, its literature and hieratic script. In the second part of the course students will learn more about Late Egyptian grammar, including phonology, morphology and syntax, and train to read hieratic script. In the last part of the course students will read short passages of literature or documentary texts in hieratic and analyse their content in terms of grammar and style.