NES 6661 - [Sumerian Language and Culture I]

(crosslisted)
(also ARKEO 6661, JWST 6661)

Spring. 4 credits.

Next offered 2014-2015. Co-meets with ARKEO 3661/JWST 3661/NES 3661.

D. I. Owen.

This course focuses on an intense introduction to Sumerian language and grammar with additional readings in literature in translation. Particular emphasis is placed on the reading and interpretation of original texts from the Cornell collection and their use in the reconstruction of Mesopotamian history and culture in the third millennium B.C.E.