EGYPTOLOGY II

The class is part of the group of disciplines of the course in Conservation of Cultural Heritage and Performing Arts Management (cv Archaeology), in Humanities and in History.
The primary goal is to equip students with a fundamental understanding of Pharaonic Egyptian language and literature, guiding them in the interpretation of one or more hieroglyphic texts.

The class aims to equip students with the critical and analytical skills required to read texts in hieroglyphic script, focusing on the classical language of Middle Egyptian.
Learning the Egyptian language and writing system will also be contextualised within an approach to so-called 'Egyptian literature' from the Pharaonic era.

Attendance at the Egyptology I course is required (see Other Information). It is suggested that the Egyptology class be integrated with the other disciplines of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East.

Ancient Egyptian language and literature: problems of definition, transmission and genres.
Elements of the culture and language of Middle Egyptian writing, aimed at the reading of a text.
Particular attention will be paid to funerary production (Pyramid Texts, CoffinTexts, Book of the Dead), alternating with the reading of spells from stela or monuments and ancient tales.

La letteratura egiziana antica: opere, generi, contesti / Paola Buzi ; con un contributo di Angelo Colonna, Roma: Carocci, 2020.

Selected chapters from:
La lingua dell'antico Egitto / Emanuele M. Ciampini, Milano: Hoepli, 2018.
and:
Egyptian grammar: being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs / by Alan Gardiner. - 3. ed., revised Oxford : Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, 1957.

Notes and materials on Moodle. All books can be found in BAUM.

Oral exam on topics related to literary culture + reading, translation and grammatical commentary of a hieroglyphic text analysed during the course.

oral

Scores in the 18-22 range will be given in the presence of:
- Sufficient knowledge and applied understanding related to the syllabus;
- Limited ability to gather and/or interpret data, forming independent judgments;
- Sufficient communication skills, particularly in relation to the use of specific and appropriate terminology;

Scores in the 23-26 range will be given in the presence of:
- Fair knowledge and applied understanding related to the syllabus;
- Fair ability to gather and/or interpret data, forming independent judgments;
- Fair communication skills, particularly in relation to the use of specific terminology;

Scores in the 27-30 range will be given in the presence of:
- Good to excellent knowledge and applied understanding related to the syllabus;
- Suitable to excellent ability to gather and/or interpret data, forming independent judgments;
- Wholly appropriate communication skills, particularly in relation to the use of specific and appropriate terminology and language;

Honors will be awarded in the presence of excellent knowledge and applied understanding related to the syllabus, judgment capability, and communication skills.

Frontal lectures, analysis and class discussion of selected texts, possible visit to an Egyptological collection with reading of texts from selected objects.
Documents and teaching materials will be made available to the students.

Attendance is highly recommended.
The Egyptology II exam can only be taken after having passed Egyptology I (see Egyptology I).

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development