Undergraduate Day and Night in the Life of a Ba

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Within the Egyptian worldview as we’ve discussed it, what would it be like to be a ba? Write me a story of at least 850 words describing a day and night in the life of a ba. In your story, make sure you tell me…

• Who were you when you were alive?
• How were you buried? How has that impacted your afterlife?
• As a ba, what happens to you at night? What do you do?
• What do you do and experience during the day?

You don’t need to tell me these things in any particular order, as long as you include them all.

You may use first or third person narration, dialogue, poetry, prose, whatever seems good to you, in the construction of your story. But please do check your spelling, grammar, and clarity. I can’t give you credit for something if I can’t understand what you’re saying.

It is perfectly fine to spend more time writing about things we know more about. Your story should use what we’ve discussed in class as its foundation. (So, for example, while I might be amused about a story in which the ba is reincarnated as a crocodile and decides to eat his annoying ex-neighbor’s chickens, this would not be in accord with the main ancient Egyptian worldview.)

Points Breakdown

Content:

• In story form             3
• Describes who they were when alive             3

(Hint: think about what about your life might impact your

burial and what people seemed to think important to

include in tomb inscriptions)

• Describes how they were buried (e.g. body, grave…)             10       
• Describes how that burial impacted their afterlife                                                 3
• Describes what the ba does at night and does and experiences in the day             17

(Hint: think about what we talked about in the Pyramid Texts class

and about ancient Egyptian afterlife options)

• Based in what we discussed in class             5

Writing:

• Length as assigned             5
• Written clearly with correct spelling and grammar                                     4

TOTAL:                                                                                                                                  50 pts