AKKAD 1411 - Elementary Akkadian II: Historical and Literary Texts

(GHB) (LA-AS) (CU-ITL)

Spring. 4 credits. Student option grading.

Prerequisite: AKKAD 1410. Co-meets with AKKAD 6411.

J. Tenney.

This course continues basic instruction in the Akkadian language by translating some of the most important documents of Ancient Iraq, such as Sargon’s Eighth Military Campaign, the Cyrus Cylinder, the Descent of Ishtar, and the Epic of Gilgamesh.