Certificate of Completion
At the end of this course you will be able to download a personalised certificate of completion from the classroom. A great way to keep track of your learning and celebrate your Egyptological journey.
King Amenemhat: From beyond the grave!
8 weeks: 12th November - 10th December (break for Christmas) 7-21st January*
Times: 7.30-9pm (UK Times) Tuesday evenings to join live.
We love to see you for the live lectures, but if you have to miss one, don't worry, you can of course catch up (or watch again) at your leisure via the recordings. You will have access to the recorded lectures for a whole month after the last live lecture. Recordings will be available until 21st February
Do you have a basic understanding of Middle Egyptian grammar and Egyptian hieroglyphs? Do you wish to increase your proficiency and ability to read Middle Egyptian texts? If so, this reading course is for you!
Over our 8 week course we will be reading excerpts from The Instruction of Amenemhat, a unique text spoken from the point of view of an assassinated king from beyond the grave. Composed in the 12th dynasty, a flourishing period for Egyptian art and literature, the text is framed as royal advice from the deceased Amenemhat I to his son and successor, Senwosret I.
This composition is most unusual given that the central theme is the topic of regicide. Kings were divine and so therefore the murder of a king threatens the stability of the Egypt and ultimately the whole cosmic order. This advice, most probably written at the direction of Senwosret I, provides an interesting insight into the dangers within the palace at the transition of kingship. Papyrus Millingen contained the most complete copy of the text. This is now lost but has been preserved through a copy made in 1843 by a copyist identified by Maspero as Amedeo Peyron. Numerous fragments of the text exist elsewhere written on board.
Students will receive weekly homework and access to grammar and vocabulary resources for self-study between sessions. There will be plenty of opportunities for students to ask questions as we go through the text in class, and of course we will discuss grammar, vocabulary and the cultural meanings of the text as we go along.
This is a great way to develop your hieroglyph knowledge in the company of like-minded friendly students.
All sessions are recorded, so that you can revise any tricky sections or catch up if you have to miss a lecture.
Students can (if they choose) join our friendly community of friendly hieroglyph students via our private facebook group.
*Please note that the sessions on the 3rd December and 14th January will start slightly later, the live lecture will start at 7.45 to enable students who are also ESB members to attend the ESB meeting.
Maiken Moleth King
Maiken Mosleth King is a lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Bristol, where she is also finalising her PhD thesis on funerary stelae and identity in Roman Egypt. She has previously completed a BA and MA in Egyptology at the University of Liverpool. She has published academic articles in Gottinger Miszellen and the Journal of History and Cultures, as well as contributing to the catalogue of the exhibition ‘Emotions in Antiquity and Ancient Egypt’ at the Museum of Cultural History in Oslo, Norway. Her linguistic skills are broad and include Coptic, Classical Greek, Latin, Biblical Hebrew, Phoenician, classical Arabic and hieroglyphs, which she has taught for a number of years.
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