Admission requirements
Admission for BA students after competition of a previous course in (Greek) papyrology, such as “Papyrus en perkament: de overlevering van klassieke bronnen”.
Description
Students decipher, individually and in co-operation, the Greek text of unpublished papyrus fragments from the collection of the Leiden Papyrological Institute and make a first edition of an individually assigned fragment according to modern papyrological practices. Intermediate results will be presented to the group and a final edition will be prepared for publication.
Course objectives
Knowledge:
thorough knowledge of the elements, structure and contents of papyrus editions of Greek documentary papyri;
knowledge of and insight in the printed and digital papyrological resources to be used for editing documentary papyri.
Skills:
The student is able to:
describe the material aspects of Greek papyrus fragments;
date and analyse different types of Greek handwriting used in documentary papyri;
decipher various types of Greek papyrus documents from different periods;
present a text, including its problems in reading and interpretation;
provide constructive oral and written feedback to other editions and evaluate the value of such feedback on one’s own work and incorporate it;
write a papyrus edition following the latest papyrological guidelines and conventions (in Dutch or English).
Timetable
The timetables are available through My Timetable.
Mode of instruction
Seminar
Assessment method
Assessment
Written assignments (40%)
Oral presentation(s) in class (20%)
Written paper(s) (40%)
Weighing
The final mark for the course is established by determining the weighted average. To pass the course, the weighted average of the partial grades must be 5.5 or higher.
Resit
If the final mark is insufficient, the student can revise the written paper(s) and/or written assignment(s) after consultation with the teacher. Later submission of written assignments counts as a resit. The oral presenations can not be retaken.
Inspection and feedback
How and when an exam review will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will have to be organized.
Reading list
J.-L. Fournet, ‘Guidelines for editing papyri’, Chronique d’Égypte 97 (2022) 306-346 (also available online at https://aip.ulb.be//PDF/Guidelines_for_editing_papyri.pdf)
Other relevant literature will be announced on Brightspace during the course.
Registration
Enrolment through MyStudyMap is mandatory.
General information about course and exam enrolment is available on the website.
Registration À la carte education, Contract teaching and Exchange
Information for those interested in taking this course in context of À la carte education (without taking examinations), eg. about costs, registration and conditions.
Information for those interested in taking this course in context of Contract teaching (with taking examinations), eg. about costs, registration and conditions.
For the registration of exchange students contact Humanities International Office.
Contact
For substantive questions, contact the lecturer listed in the right information bar.
For questions about enrolment, admission, etc, contact the Education Administration Office: Arsenaal