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Instructors: Dr. Charles Steitler
Event type:
online: Seminar
Displayed in timetable as:
S Akkadische Lekt
Hours per week:
2
Language of instruction:
German
Min. | Max. participants:
- | 40
Requirements / organisational issues:
Requirement: Successful participation in Akkadian II
Contents:
The course deals with Old Assyrian texts, most of which originate from the context of Anatolia during the time of the Old Assyrian trading colonies (2nd mill. BC). These are economic texts - contracts, deeds, loans, sales - but also letters. Special attention is paid to the peculiarities of the Old Assyrian grammar as well as the ductus and the syllabary of the Old Assyrian cuneiform script. The historical and cultural context of the texts as well as the interactions of the Assyrian merchants with the native population of Anatolia will also be illuminated.
Recommended reading list:
N.J.C. Kouwenberg. Introduction to Old Assyrian. Münster: Zaphon, 2019
Klaas R. Veenhof; Jesper Eidem. Mesopotamia: The Old Assyrian Period. OBO 160.5. Fribourg / Göttingen: Academic Press / Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2008
Mogens Trolle Larsen. Old Assyrian Caravan Procedures. PIHANS 22. Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten, 1967.
Mogens Trolle Larsen. Ancient Kanesh: A Merchant Colony in Bronze Age Anatolia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Digital teaching:
The course will likely be offered digitally (via video platform). Details on access will be announced to registered participants in due time.
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