HÆGA01131U Middle Egyptian A

Volume 2013/2014
Education
Udbydes efter: BA 2010-studieordning Mellemøstens sprog og samfund på BA-niveau med specialisering i de centrale fag Arabisk, Assyriologi, Hebraisk, Nærorientalsk arkæologi, Persisk, Tyrkisk og Ægyptologi eller BA Tilvalg 2007-studieordning i Ægyptologi.
Content
The teaching consists of lectures (in Norwegian/Danish or English if needed) which introduce the hieroglyphic script and the use of study aids like dictionaries and sign lists. Then follows a basic introduction to word and sentence construction in Middle Egyptian which should enable the student to translate simple text passages. The teaching includes translation exercises from Egyptian to Danish (or English) and from Danish (or English) into Egyptian.
Learning Outcome
BA 2010-ordning:
Middelægyptisk A (Fagelementkode HÆGB01131E)
eller
BA tilvalg 2007-ordning:
Middelægyptisk A (Fagelementkode HÆGB10051E)
Literature
James P. Allen, Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs (Cambridge University Press, 2000), samt ordbog, f.eks. R. O. Faulkner, A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford 1962.
Det forventes, at den studerende kan læse engelsk faglitteratur.
Classroom lectures.
  • Category
  • Hours
  • Exam
  • 3
  • Lectures
  • 42
  • Preparation
  • 98
  • Total
  • 143
Credit
15 ECTS
Type of assessment
Other
Criteria for exam assesment