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HART 546 Akkadian I

An introduction to the Akkadian language, attested in writing in Mesopotamia from the mid-third millennium BCE until the early first millennium CE. Akkadian was the lingua franca of much of the Ancient Near East in the 2nd millennium BCE and the language of such important compositions as the Code of Hammurabi and the Epic of Gilgamesh. The course will cover the basics of Akkadian (Old Babylonian) grammar and the cuneiform script. Credit units: 3 ECTS Credit units: 5.

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