Ancient Near Eastern Language: Egyptian

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2016:

170 hours

Students who have completed either of the following subjects are not permitted to enrol in ANCW20020:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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This subject is an introduction to the grammar and reading of ancient Egyptian. It covers grammatical concepts and paradigms, sentence formation, and translating and reading simple hieroglyphic texts. Background information on the cultural context in which ancient Egyptian was spoken is woven into the subject matter. The aim is for students to acquire the basic elements of the grammar, syntax, vocabulary and writing system of ancient Egyptian, and attain reading skills sufficient to begin reading literary and historical texts.

Students who successfully complete this subject should:

• be familiar with the script, grammar and syntax of ancient Egyptian and have attained reading skills sufficient to begin reading simpler literary texts;
• have discovered the importance of reading ancient texts in the original languages for the study of history and the ancient world in general.

• Four shorter assessment exercises, one in-class, and three take-home, in total 720 words, due throughout the semester (18%)
• Six take home assessment exercises, in total 1280 words, due throughout the semester (32%)
• A 24 hour take-home final examination distributed on the last day of class (50%)

Hurdle Requirement:

• Students must attend a minimum of 75% of classes in order to pass this subject.
• All pieces of written work must be submitted to pass this subject.

Note: Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at 10% per day. After five working days late assessment will not be marked. In-class tasks missed without approval will not be marked.

• James P. Allen. Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs (3rd Edition), Cambridge University Press, 2014.
• Raymond O. Faulkner. A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, 1962 (reprinted 2006, Oxford: Oxbow Books).

This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:

• Bachelor of Commerce
• Bachelor of Environments
• Bachelor of Music

You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects.