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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Archaeology - Assyriology
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof. Nathan Wasserman
Coordinator Office Hours:
by appointment
Teaching Staff:
Prof Nathan Wasserman
Course/Module description:
Getting familiar with the Assyrian dialect of Akkadian (the dialect of northern Mesopotamia), stressing the main grammatical differences between it and the Babylonian dialect (of southern Mesopotamia).
We shall read some letters of Assyrian merchants from the colony in Anatolia, the royal inscription of Erishum, and some laws of the Middle Assyrian Law Code.
Course/Module aims:
Familiarizing with more dialects of Akkadian, beyond the Old Babylonian dialect.
Reading samples of the different kinds of texts typical of the Old Assyrian world.
Learning the Old Assyrian ductus.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Read texts written in the Assyrian dialect of Akkadian.
Attendance requirements(%):
100
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Frontal. Preparation of text for each class.
Course/Module Content:
Verbal paradigm in the Assyrian dialect
Vowel harmony
The system of pronominal suffixes
Bibliographical tools for the study of the Assyrian world
The Assyrian merchants in Kanish
Required Reading:
Will be delivered in class
Additional Reading Material:
Will be delivered in class
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 15 %
Project work 85 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
Additional information:
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