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104-265/365/465 Beginners' Akkadian A

Credit points: 16.7 2nd, 3rd and 4th years

Coordinator: Dr G Bunnens.

Contact: Two hours a week.

Timetable: First semester

Objectives:

Students on completion of the subject should have acquired the basics of Akkadian grammar; have an initial understanding of the problems of Akkadian epigraphy (the cuneiform script).

Content:

The basic grammar and syntax of Akkadian; reading of simple texts illustrative of various aspects of Babylonian culture.

Assessment:

104-265/365:
Regular exercises and class tests (30 per cent) and a 2-hour examination (70 per cent).
104-465:
Written work, tests and examinations totalling no more than 6,000 words.

Prescribed texts:


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