Lehrende: Prof. Dr. Cécile Michel
Veranstaltungsart: Seminar
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Semesterwochenstunden: 28
Credits: 3,0
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 25
Weitere Informationen: Blockseminar in der Woche vom 13.02. bis zum 17.02.2017 Veranstaltungsort: Universität Hamburg Sonderforschungsbereich 950 Manuskriptkulturen in Asien, Afrika und Europa Warburgstraße 26, Raum 2002 D-20354 Hamburg
Kommentare/ Inhalte: The Akkadian language was the main language of Mesopotamia from the middle of the 3rd millennium to the end of the 1st millennium BCE. It was noted with cuneiform signs like most of the languages of the Near East at that time. The course will focus on the Old Babylonian dialect, written during the first half of the 2nd millennium BCE, which corresponds to a normative state of Akkadian, and which most famous sample is the Code of Hammurabi (18th century BCE). Cuneiform writing, used to note this dialect, uses phonetic signs with a syllabic value, and a limited number of logograms.
Vorgehen: The seminar will start with a presentation of the cuneiform writing systems (logographic, syllabic, alphabetical) and their decipherment, cuneiform manuscripts and inscriptions, the variety of cuneiform texts and their organization in archives and libraries, and the scribes and their curriculum (8 UE). This general presentation of the cuneiform texts will be followed by an introduction to the Akkadian language and cuneiform script (20 UE).
