Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Department Administrator
Raina Kim
Contact via raina.kim@mq.edu.au
W6A 540
Unit Convenor
Naguib Kanawati
Contact via naguib.kanawati@mq.edu.au
W6A 535
Wednesday 5-6pm
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
12cp or admission to BAncHist or BAncHist(Hons) or CertAncLang or DipAncLang or GCertEgyptology or GDipEgyptology
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit introduces students to Middle Egyptian, the classical language of Ancient Egypt. This was the language of the Middle Kingdom and the early New Kingdom but it remained in use in religious and literary texts as long as the Egyptian civilisation survived. The understanding of Middle Egyptian is essential to earlier and later stages of this language.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Weekly exercises | 20% | Tuesday each week |
Four Short Tests | 50% | Weeks 4, 6, 8, 10 |
Final Test | 30% | Tuesday 27.05.2014 |
Due: Tuesday each week
Weighting: 20%
You must complete short exercises set each week from the textbook, which should be submitted through the unit's website by Tuesday 10am during lecture weeks.
External students must listen to the recording of each class.
Due: Weeks 4, 6, 8, 10
Weighting: 50%
You will be asked to transliterate and translate a short passage of text using a dictionary and show knowledge of the grammar and vocabulary of Egyptian hieroglyphs. The best 3 of 4 marks will count towards your final grade.
The tests will be held on the following days and can be accessed online from Tuesday 10am until midnight:
- Week 4 (Tuesday 25.03.2014)
- Week 6 (Tuesday 08.04.2014)
- Week 8 (Tuesday 06.05.2014)
- Week 10 (Tuesday 20.05.2014)
Due: Tuesday 27.05.2014
Weighting: 30%
The final test will be an unseen text and you will be asked to transliterate and translate a short passage using a dictionary and grammar book and show knowledge of the grammar of Egyptian hieroglyphs.
The test will be held on the following day and can be accessed online from Tuesday 10am until midnight:
- Week 11 (Tuesday 27.05.2014)
Online units can be accessed at: http://ilearn.mq.edu.au/.
PC and Internet access are required. Basic computer skills (e.g., internetbrowsing) and skills in word processing are also a requirement.
Please consult teaching staff for any further, more specific requirements.
The unit will be based on the following text book, which can be purchased via the Australian Centre for Egyptology (W6A 531, +61 (0)2 9850 8848 or egypt@mq.edu.au) or the David Brown bookshop (http://www.oxbowbooks.com/bookinfo.cfm/ID/22478//Location/DBBC) and other such avenues. Excerpts from the textbook are at the back of this unit guide and are also on the unit's website.
- B.G. Ockinga, A Concise Grammar of Middle Egyptian, (Revised Edition 2005, Mainz am Rhein).
It is recommended that you gain access to the following dictionary for assistance with translation:
- R.O. Faulkner, A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, (Oxford, 1976).
To complete the unit satisfactorily, you will need to achieve an overall mark worth 50% or above.
All work must be submitted via the unit's website. Please upload your answers to the drop-box for the relevant week and the assessment task.
Please note that the:
Note We plan to mark and return weekly exercises with feedback each Wednesday via the unit's website. The answers to the weekly exercises will be discussed in the subsequent week's lecture.
Your weekly exercises must be completed on time and it's important that you keep up with these each week. Without documentation (e.g. medical certificate), a penalty of 2% per day(including weekends) will be applied. If you require an extension you must discuss your situation with your online tutor, who may ask for documentation, and you should apply for an extension prior to the due date where possible as extensions after the due date are not normally granted.
If you miss a test due to illness or a serious crisis that can be documented, you can re-schedule and sit the test at a later time. Please contact your online tutor as soon as possible to organise a time to sit the supplementary test.
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Week |
Date |
Lecture |
Tutorials |
Task |
1 |
Tuesday 04.03.2014 |
- Introduction to the Unit - Principles of the script; the Egyptian alphabet and transliteration (§ 1-13) |
No tutorial |
None |
2 |
Tuesday 11.03.2014 |
- Nouns (§ 14-21) |
Revision Week 1, 2 |
None |
3 |
Tuesday 18.03.2014 |
- Adjectives (§ 22-25) - Pronouns (§ 26-28) |
Revision Week 3 |
None |
4 |
Tuesday 25.03.2014 |
- Demonstratives (§ 29-33) - Prepositions (§ 35-36) - Particles (§ 37-38) - Numbers and dates (§ 39-41) |
Revision Week 4 |
Test I |
5 |
Tuesday 01.04.2014 |
- Non-verbal sentences (I): Adverbial (§ 42-47) |
Revision Week 5 |
None |
6 |
Tuesday 08.04.2014 |
- Non-verbal sentences (II): Nominal and Adjectival (§ 48-59) - Introduction to verb forms (§ 60-67) |
Revision Week 6 |
Test II |
Mid-semester break (14.04.2013 – 26.04.2013) |
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7 |
Tuesday 29.04.2014 |
- Verbs (I): Present tense and the Present Perfect (§ 68-71) |
Revision Week 7 |
None |
8 |
Tuesday 06.05.2014 |
- Verbs (II): Historic Perfect and Future tense (§ 72-75) |
Revision Week 8 |
Test III |
9 |
Tuesday 13.05.2014 |
- Verbs (III): Passive and Contingent tenses (§ 76-80) |
Revision Week 9 |
None |
10 |
Tuesday 20.05.2014 |
- Old Perfective (§ 81) - Infinitive (§ 82-85) |
Revision Week 10 |
Test IV |
11 |
Tuesday 27.05.2014 |
- Pseudo-verbal Construction (§ 86-88) - Introduction to Complex Verb Forms (§ 89-97) |
Revision Week 11 |
Final Test |
12 |
Tuesday 03.06.2014 |
- Continuation of Complex Verb Forms (§ 89-97) |
Revision Week 12 |
None |
13 |
Tuesday 10.06.2014 |
Class will be held if needed |
None |
None |
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