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The course will take place in form of a block seminar from May 11, 2015 to May 15, 2015.
The course will be lead by Susanne Paulus (Münster Universität).
Description: This class will introduce you to the oldest known language in the world, “Sumerian”, which was spoken in Iraq during the 3rd millennium BC and was used as a scientific and religious language until the 1st millennium BC in Babylonia and Assyria.
In interactive lessons, knowledge about grammar and the cuneiform script system will be acquired, so that successful participants will be able to read inscriptions (and other texts) from original objects, such as statues and tablets.
Literature: D.O. Edzard, Sumerian Grammar (HdO 71), Leiden, Boston 2003; K. Volk, A Sumerian Chrestomathy
(SILO 5), Wiesbaden 2012; M.-L. Thomsen, The Sumerian Language. An Introduction to its History and
Grammatical Structure (Mesopotamia 10), Copenhagen 1984 (PDF-versions will be provided for the participants.
All participants will receive a syllabus in print and PDF.