Introduction to Classic Middle Egyptian - 2nd semester
Code
711051142
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
-- Docente a contratar --, Maria Helena Trindade Lopes
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
This unit approaches all essential elements of the ancient Egyptian grammar. It shall explore the language´s historical and linguistic backgrounds and proceed to debate its structure. The student shall be able to undertand a basic vocabulary and to read simple nominal, adjective, adverbial and pseudo-verbal sentences, including funerary formulae.
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
Understanding the historical and linguistic context of the ancient Egyptian language; Non-verbal sentence elements: substantives, adjectives, pronoums, prepositions, adverbs, particles, numerals, verbal morphology; non-verbal sintaxe; basic funerary formulae.
Bibliography
PEREIRA, R. G. GURGEL. Gramática Fundamental de Egípcio Hieroglífico. Lisboa, Ed. Chiado, 2016.
WILKINSON, R. H. Reading Egyptian Art. London, Thames & Hudson, 1994.
Teaching method
Every promote the debate of contents from each chapter of the required grammar. The debate include the demonstration of all its examples. Homework will be eventually corrected at the beginning of following class. A guided visit to the Calouste Gulbenkian Egyptian collection will be booked for the end of the semester.
Evaluation method
The evaluation consists of two formal exams and a series of small vocabulary tests during the semester.