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SUMR 10101 Elementary Sumerian I

This course covers the first section of Elementary Sumerian.

Prerequisites

AKKD 10101

2020-2021 Winter

SUMR 20311 Sumerian Literary Texts II

This course is a continuation of Sumerian Literary Texts I.  We will continue, and finish, reading Gilgamesh and Huwawa A, and then continue on to Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld before reading Enki and Ninhursag. 

Prerequisites

Sumerian Literary Texts I (SUMR 20310) and the full-year Sumerian A sequence (SUMR 10101) 

2020-2021 Autumn

SUMR 20401/30401 A School in Nippur

Using the original tablets excavated by the Oriental Institute in Nippur, we will read different texts found in House F, an Old Babylonian School. The class will include introductions to typical genres like lexical texts, model contracts, and literary school texts.

Prerequisites

1 year of Sumerian

2020-2021 Winter

SUMR 20310 Sumerian Literary texts

This course looks at Sumerian Literary Texts.

2019-2020 Spring

SUMR 10103 Elementary Sumerian III

This sequence covers the elements of Sumerian grammar, with reading exercises in Ur III, pre-Sargonic, and elementary literary texts.

2019-2020 Winter

SUMR 10102 Elementary Sumerian-2

The second quarter of Elementary Sumerian.

2018-2019 Spring

SUMR 10101 Elementary Sumerian-1

The first quarter of Elementary Sumerian.

2018-2019 Winter

SUMR 30608 Advanced Sumerian Literary Texts

Advanced seminar in Sumerian literary texts

Prerequisites

Introductory Sumerian sequence

2017-2018 Winter

SUMR 10103 Elementary Sumerian-3

This sequence covers the elements of Sumerian grammar, with reading exercises in Ur III, pre-Sargonic, and elementary literary texts.

Prerequisites

SUMR 10102

2017-2018 Autumn
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