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| Semester | spring semester 2016 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers |
William Graham Claytor (graham.claytor@unibas.ch, Assessor)
Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello (i.marthot-santaniello@unibas.ch) |
| Content | This course offers an introduction to the field of papyrology, the study of ancient writing on papyrus and other materials in the Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and early Islamic periods of Egyptian history (ca. 300 BCE - 800 CE). Papyri provide the most-detailed look at life in the ancient world, allowing us to read private letters, petitions, contracts, and more. Our focus will be on Greek documentary papyri, but literary papyri, as well as documents in Latin, Egyptian (Demotic and Coptic), Arabic, and other languages will also be considered. Students will learn not only how to read and understand papyrus texts, but also how these sources are used in historical and philological research. We will visit the Basel papyrus collection, and those interested will be able to work on unpublished texts. |
| Bibliography | R.S. Bagnall. Reading Papyri, Writing Ancient History. London 1995. R.S. Bagnall (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Papyrology. Oxford. 2009. J.G. Keenan, J.G. Manning, and U. Yiftach-Firanko. Law and legal practice in Egypt from Alexander to the Arab conquest: a selection of papyrological sources in translation, with introductions and commentary. Cambridge. 2014. P. Parsons and E.G. Turner. Greek Manuscripts of the Ancient World. 2nd ed., rev. 1987. P.W. Pestman. The New Papyrological Primer. 2nd ed., rev. Leiden. 1994. C. Riggs (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Roman Egypt. Oxford. 2012. H.-A. Rupprecht. Kleine Einführung in die Papyruskunde. Darmstadt. 1994. E.G. Turner. Greek Papyri: An Introduction. Oxford. 1980. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul AMT (Archive, Medien, Theorien) (Bachelor's degree program: Eastern European Studies (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul Archive / Medien / Theorien (Bachelor's degree subject: History) Modul Archive / Medien / Theorien (Bachelor's degree program: Eastern European Studies) Modul Archive / Medien / Theorien (Bachelor's degree subject: History (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul Ereignisse, Prozesse, Zusammenhänge (Master's degree subject: History (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul Forschung und Praxis (Master's degree subject: East European History) Modul Kommunikation und Vermittlung historischer Erkenntnisse (Master's degree subject: History (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul Methoden - Reflexion - Theorien: Bilder - Medien - Repräsentationen (Master's degree program: European History) Modul Methoden und Diskurse historischer Forschung (Master's degree subject: History (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul Praxis (Master's degree subject: History) Modul Textwissenschaft (Textkritik, Metrik, Epigraphik, Papyrologie) (Bachelor's degree subject: Ancient Civilizations (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul Textwissenschaft (Textkritik, Metrik, Epigraphik, Papyrologie) (Bachelor's degree program: Ancient Civilizations (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul Theorie und Methoden der Alten Geschichte (Bachelor's degree program: Ancient Civilizations (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul Theorie und Methoden der Alten Geschichte (Bachelor's degree subject: Ancient Civilizations (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul Theorie und Methoden der Alten Geschichte (Bachelor's degree program: Ancient Civilizations) Modul Theorie und Methoden der Alten Geschichte (Bachelor's degree subject: Ancient Civilizations) Modul Theorie und Praxis (Master's degree subject: East European History (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul Vertiefung in Alter Geschichte (Master's degree subject: Ancient History) Modul Vertiefung in Alter Geschichte (Master's degree subject: Ancient History (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul Vertiefung in Altertumswissenschaften (Bachelor's degree program: Ancient Civilizations) Modul Vertiefung in Altertumswissenschaften (Bachelor's degree subject: Ancient Civilizations) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Alte Geschichte |