READING HIEROGLYPHS: PHARAOH AND HIS FOLLOWERS
Course Director: Dr Luigi Prada (Uppsala University)
This is a 5-day course to be held in person at UCL (for our online Reading Hieroglyphs class, see below and the BSS website).
Fee:
£370 in person
Details below and on our website:
www.egyptology-uk.com/bloomsbury/summer-school-programme-2025.htm#reading-hieroglyphs1-2025
Description:
Once again, we have prepared a new course for lovers of ancient Egyptian textual culture! This year’s readings will focus on a chronologically-varied selection of hieroglyphic texts related to the central figure of the Egyptian state: Pharaoh. We will delve into royal ideology thought writings about being pharaoh, serving pharaoh -- and even competing with pharaoh. From the kings of the Fifth Dynasty to a First Intermediate Period nomarch, we will meet well-known figures from Egyptian history, as well as more obscure ones, including banished temple priests and courtly officials overly eager to please their sovereign. Readings will include the funerary inscription of Rewer, a royal letter from the late Old Kingdom, the Koptos decree of King Nubkheperre Intef, a tract known as the ‘King as Sun Priest’, and the inscription of Somtutefnakht, amongst others (the selection can be fine-tuned based on the participant interest).
NB: This is an advanced reading class for students with good experience of hieroglyphic Middle Egyptian. A couple of the texts that we will read pre-date the Middle Kingdom, but their language is largely identical to standard Middle Egyptian (and any unusual grammatical features will be highlighted and explained by your tutor).
Further details and to book:
www.egyptology-uk.com/bloomsbury/summer-school-programme-2025.htm#reading-hieroglyphs1-2025
Contact Kathryn:
Tel: +44 (0)779 155 8195
Email:
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For our online reading hieroglyphs course, see:
https://www.egyptology-uk.com/bloomsbury/summer-school-programme-2025.htm#beginning-hieroglyphs2-2025
(Header image credit: Luigi Prada)
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