5.00 credits
15.0 h + 15.0 h
Q2
This biannual learning unit is being organized in 2021-2022
Teacher(s)
Lurson Benoît;
Language
French
Prerequisites
LGLOR1621/1621A and LGLOR1622/1622A a course deemed equivalent by the lecturer.
Main themes
In-depth study of the language and texts of New Kingdom Egypt.
Alternately with LGLOR2626, this course deals with the following themes:
1. An initiation into Late Egyptian and the translation, with commentaries, of a text (15 hours lectures);
2. Personal translation of an epigraphic text from the XVIIIth Dynasty (10 hours exercises);
3. An initiation into hieratic writing (5 hours exercises).
Alternately with LGLOR2626, this course deals with the following themes:
1. An initiation into Late Egyptian and the translation, with commentaries, of a text (15 hours lectures);
2. Personal translation of an epigraphic text from the XVIIIth Dynasty (10 hours exercises);
3. An initiation into hieratic writing (5 hours exercises).
Learning outcomes
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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At the end of this course the student will be capable to read, transliterate and translate easily epigraphic and literary texts from the New Kingdom. In addition, he will have been introduced to hieratic writing and to Late Egyptian, and will have read a text of the Ramesside périod. |
Bibliography
1. Grammaires :
- M. Malaise & J. Winand, Grammaire raisonnée de l’égyptien classique, Æegyptiaca Leodiensia 6, 1999 ;
- F. Junge, Einführung in die Grammatik des Neuägyptischen, 3. Korrigierte Auflage, 2008.
- F. Neveu, Grammaire du néo-égyptien : la langue des Ramsès, Paris, 2004.
- C. Obsomer, Égyptien hiéroglyphique, Grammaire pratique du moyen égyptien, Bruxelles, Safran, 2009.
- A. Erman & H. Grapow, Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Bände I-V, Leipzig/Berlin, 1926-1963.
- R.O. Faulkner, A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford, 1962 ;
- R. Hannig, Die Sprache der Pharaonen. Großes Handwörterbuch Ägyptisch – Deutsch (2800-950 v. Chr.), 6. Auflage, Kultur und Geschichte der Antiken Welt 64, Mayence, 2015.
- L. H. Lesko, A Dictionary of Late Egyptian, Berkeley, 1982-1990.
- Bibliotheca Æegyptiaca, Bruxelles ;
- Kleine Ägyptische Texte, Wiesbaden ;
- K. A. Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions, Oxford, 1968-1990.
- K. Sethe & W. Helck, Urkunden der 18. Dynastie, Leipzig, 1927-1958 ;
- G. Burkard & H. J. Thissen, Einführung in die altägyptische Literaturgeschichte II: Neues Reich, 2. Auflage, Einführungen und Quellentexte zur Ägyptologie 6, 2009.
- A. Loprieno (éd.), Ancient Egyptian Literature: History and Forms, PdÄ 10, 1996.
- G. Moers, Fingierte Welten in der ägyptischen Literatur des 2. Jahrtausends v. Chr.: Grenzüberschreitung, Reisemotiv und Fiktionalität, Probleme der Ägyptologie 19, 2001.
- Moers, G., 2010, « New Kingdom Literature », in: A. B. Lloyd (éd.), A Companion to Ancient Egypt, Volume II, Chichester, 685–708.
Faculty or entity
EHAC
