NES 1451 - [Ancient Egyptian II: Introduction to Middle Egyptian Hieroglyphs]

(crosslisted)
(also CLASS 1451)(GHB) (CA-AS)

Spring. 4 credits.

Prerequisite: NES 1450. Next offered 2014-2015.

C. Barrett.

For over two thousand years, from the Middle Kingdom (ca. 2100 BCE) into the Roman era, Egyptian monuments were inscribed with hieroglyphs of the Middle Egyptian writing system. In this second of three courses in Ancient Egyptian, students will learn the complete Middle Egyptian verbal system and continue to enrich their Egyptian vocabulary. We will also begin translating complete literary and religious texts, including the fantastic tale of a sailor’s maritime misadventures and divine encounters (“The Shipwrecked Sailor”) and a hymn in honor of the sun god (“The Litany of Re”).