Middle Egyptian Texts

4 credits · Graduate

The course is designed as a continuation of Egypt 201A and will be based on the same type of reading, translation, grammatical and philological analysis of the Middle Egyptian literary and magical texts of 201A but requiring a deeper knowledge of the grammar and translation techniques. Readings will include magical spells for daily and funerary use, texts from stelae, the story of the “Eloquent Peasant” and extracts from the ancient Egyptian “Wisdom Literature.”