AEL | Lichtheim, Miriam. Ancient Egyptian Literature: A Book of Readings. Vol. 1, The Old and Middle Kingdoms. Vol. 2, The New Kingdom. Vol. 3, The Late Period. Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1975, 1976, 1980. [on Library reserve] |
ANET | Pritchard, James. B., editor. Ancient Near Eastern Texts Related to the Old Testament, 3rd ed. with Supplement. Princeton. Princeton University Press, 1969. [BS1180 .P83 1969] [in Library Reference] |
Anchor Bible Dictionary | The Anchor Bible Dictionary, ed. David Noel Freedman. Six volumes. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishers, 1992. [BBS440 .A54 1992] [in Library Reference] |
CANE | Sasson, Jack M., editor-in-chief. Civilizations of the Ancient Near East. Four volumes. New York: Scribner, 1995 onward. [DS57 .C55 1995] [in Library Reference] |
The course readings are located in one of several places: (1) the Reference Room; (2) hard copy Reserve in the College Library; (3) Electronic Reserve on the Library main-frame computer; (4) the course's own Web Pages; (5) the Periodicals Room in the College Library. Most citations in the Reading Assignment-list below are marked with the following locator codes:
ERs = | Electronic Reserve |
Per = | Periodicals Room |
Ref = | Reference Room |
Rs = | Reserve |
W = | Web Page |
If a link below to a reading on Electronic Reserve does not work, go to the Web page: "HIST270 Course Page: Egyptian Social History (Spring 03)" on the Library E-reserve Web pages. If that link also proves unsuccessful, go to the Electronic Reserve System "Main Course Index"-Web page, and search by the course number, "hist270".
All issues of ANET and CANE are located in the Reference Room.
Week 1: | January 9 | |
Introduction and Course Description | ||
Week 2: | January 14 | |
Nile Valley and the Development of Culture | ||
Brewer-Teeter, Egypt and the Egyptians, 16-26; | ||
W/Rs | Kees,"The Countryside," sects. A-B, including: "The Nile and the Seasons," "Irrigation and Soil," 47-61 [click to open]; | |
Parkinson, Voices, 36-37, 81-84, 101-107 [nos. 3, 22-25, 34] | ||
W/Rs | "Hymn to the Nile Inundation," in Lichtheim, AEL 1, 204-210 [click to open]. | |
(1/15) Drop/Add Deadline | ||
January 16 | ||
Synopsis of Egyptian History | ||
Brewer-Teeter, Egypt and the Egyptians, 27-51; | ||
Ref | Kitchen, "Egypt, History of (Chronology)" in Anchor Bible Dictionary, vol. 2, p. 322, I-327, II; | |
Parkinson, Voices, 36-37, 81-84, 101-107 [nos. 3, 22-25, 34] | ||
Simpson et al., Literature, 81-84. | ||
Week 3: | January 21 | |
Egyptian Language and Writing | ||
Brewer-Teeter, Egypt and the Egyptians, 110-124; | ||
Rs/ERs | Part 1: Gardiner, "Introduction," in A. H. Gardiner, Egyptian Grammar, 5-15 [click to open]; | |
Rs/ERs | Part 2: Gardiner, "Introduction," in A. H. Gardiner, Egyptian Grammar, 16-24c [click to open]; | |
Parkinson, Voices, 13-27. | ||
January 23 | ||
Literacy, Scribal Training and Social Advancement | ||
ERs | Baines, "Literacy and Ancient Egyptian Society," 193-209 [click to open]; | |
Parkinson, Voices, 76-78, 90-95, 148-150 [nos. 18-19, 29-30, 60a-b]; | ||
W | Williams, "Scribal Training in Ancient Egypt," 214-21 [click to open]. | |
Week 4: | January 28 | |
Egyptian Society and Class Structure | ||
Brewer-Teeter, Egypt and the Egyptians, 69-83, 95-109; | ||
Parkinson, Voices, 99-107, 111-112 [nos. 33-34, 38]; | ||
Rs | Simpson et al., Literature, 159-179; 198-200; 241-265; 329-326. | |
Reading Quiz #1 | ||
January 30 | Economic Structures: Government and Temple Administrations | |
Ref | Bleiberg, "The Economy of Ancient Egypt," in CANE 3, 1373-86; | |
Ref | Leprohon, "Royal Ideology and State Administration in Pharaonic Egypt," in CANE 1, 273-287; | |
Rs/W | "Charter of King Pepy I," in Lichtheim, AEL 1, 28 [click to open]; | |
Ref | Pritchard, ANET, 212, ("A Royal Decree"); | |
Rs | Wente, Letters from Ancient Egypt, 37-39 (letters no. 35, 36, 38). | |
(1/30) Last day to withdraw with grade of "W" | ||
Week 5: | February 4 | |
Status of Women, Love and Marriage | ||
W | Ward, "The Egyptian Economy and Non-royal Women: Their Status in Public Life" [essay located on the World WideWeb] [click to open]; | |
W | Bryan, B. "The Evidence for Female Literacy from Theban Tombs of the New Kingdom," 17-32 [click to open]; | |
Parkinson, Voices, 107-110 [nos. 35-36]; | ||
Simpson et al., Literature, 296-306; | ||
ERs | Gaballa, "The Legal Text" (the inscription of Mes) [click to open]; | |
Rs | Wente, Letters from Ancient Egypt, 216-217 (letter no. 352, "A Husband to His Deceased Wife). | |
February 6 | ||
Sexual Attitudes and Mores | ||
W | Manniche, "Some Aspects of Ancient Egyptian Sexual Life," 11-23; | |
Parkinson, Voices, 54-56 [no. 11]; | ||
Rs | Parkinson, "'Homosexual Desire' and Middle Kingdom Literature," Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 81 (1995): 57-76; | |
Simpson et al., Literature, 315-323 [stanzas no. 31-40]. | ||
Midterm Examination (60 mins.) | ||
Week 6: | February 11 and 13 | |
Medicine, Medical Practices and Obstetrics | ||
ERs | Part 1: Ghalioungui, "Medicine in Ancient Egypt," 52-77 [click to open]; | |
ERs | Part 2: Ghalioungui, "Medicine in Ancient Egypt," 78-79 [click to open]; | |
Parkinson, Voices, 78-79, 129-130, 142-143 [nos. 20, 49, 55-56]; | ||
ERs | Stevens, "Gynaecology from Ancient Egypt" [click to open]; | |
ERs | Walker, "The Place of Magic in the Practice of Medicine in Ancient Egypt," 85-95 [click to open]; | |
Reading Quiz #2 | ||
Week 7: | February 18 | |
Religion: Athletics, Games and Sports, and Drama | ||
Brewer-Teeter, Egypt and the Egyptians, 84-94; | ||
Rs | Piccione, "Sportive Fencing as a Ritual for Destroying the Enemies of Horus," 335-49; | |
Parkinson, Voices, 40-43, 124-125 [nos. 5, 45]; | ||
W | Ramesseum Papyrus, "Rites of Horus of Letopolis [click to open];" | |
W | Herodotus, Book II, "Festival of Ares at Papremis" [click to open]; | |
Term paper due February 18 (at start of class) | ||
February 20 | ||
The Game of Senet and Class Senet Tournament | ||
Rs | Piccione, "The Gaming Episode in the Tale of Setne Khamwas As Religious Metaphor," 197-204; | |
W | Piccione, "Senet Gaming Ritual: The Great Game Text" [click to open]. | |
Parkinson, Voices, 78-79, 129-130, 142-143 [nos. 20, 49, 55-56]; | ||
February 25: Final Examination: 4:00-6:45 pm |