Egyptian (Ancient and Middle Kingdom) A

Teacher(s)

Obsomer Claude;

Language

French

Prerequisites

LGLOR1621/1621A and LGLOR1622/1622A a course deemed equivalent by the lecturer.

Main themes

In-depth study of the texts of Pharaonic Egypt.
Alternately with LGLOR2624, this course deals with the following themes:
1. Translation, with comments, of a literary text in Middle Egyptian (20 hours lectures);
2.Translation,  with commentaries, of inscriptions from Ancient and Middle Kingdom (10 hours lectures).

Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	At the end of this course the student will be capable to read, transliterate and translate easily epigraphic and literary texts in Middle Egyptian

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

Content

The course aims to deepen and enlarge the knowledge and practice of the  language that was learnt in the first cycle. According to the year, the themes treated  will be studied in the light of the following texts:
1. The tale of Sinuhe, the tale of the Eloquent Peasant, the teaching of Ptahhotep, Neferty, Teachings...
2. Royal or private stela, rock inscriptions, private autobiographies.

Teaching methods

Translations are done based on previous preparation by the students.  The correction of the transliteration on the blackboard emphasises the structure and composition of  the phrases, as well as an analysis of the verbal forms that are encountered. A commentary on the historical or religious questions completes the grammatical analysis of the text.

Evaluation methods

Oral exam based on written preparation.

Online resources

The Moodle server allows one to obtain:
- notes for the initiation into neo-Egyptian.
- original photographs of the inscriptions for translations
- copies of texts available in numericical form.

Bibliography

1.Grammaire : Claude Obsomer, Égyptien hiéroglyphique, Grammaire pratique du moyen égyptien, Bruxelles, Safran, 2009.
2. Dictionnaire : R.O. Faulkner, A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford, 1962.
3. Édition de textes :
- Bibliotheca Æegyptiaca, Bruxelles;
- Kleine Ägyptische Texte, Wiesbaden;
- K. Sethe, Historische-biographische Urkunden des Mittleren Reiches, Leipzig, 1935;
- K. Sethe, Ägyptische Lesestücke. Texte des Mittleren Reiches, 2e éd., Leipzig, 1928.

Faculty or entity

GLOR