Rubio G. On the alleged Pre-Sumerian substratum

Paris: Geuthner, 2002. - 127 p. (two-page opening) A handy reference tool for students of cuneiform. Syllabary of cuneiform signs arranged according to paleography of different periods: Archaic, Neo-Sumerian, Old Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian, Old Assyrian, and Neo-Assyrian. An index of signs provides values and paleography for each sign. Unlike the standard sign lists (e.g. , Labat, Borger) which are arranged by Neo-Assyrian sign forms only, L'?c...

Caplice R. Introduction to Akkadian. - Roma: Editrice Pontificio Istituto Biblico, 2002. - 108 p. ISBN-10 8876535667 ISBN-13 9788876535666 In his interesting and informative Introduction, Caplice explains that Akkadian is one of the great languages of world history that for about 2500 years was the vehicle of one of the dominant cultures of the Ancient Near East. Abundant religious, historical, literary and grammatical records written in this...

De Martino Stefano - Giorgieri, Mauro (2008), Literatur zum hurritischen Lexikon (LHL), Band 1 A, Firenze: LoGisma, X + 180 pp. First volume of a large dictionary devoted to the Hurrian language of the ancient Mittani (Mitanni) Kingdom. The first part contains an alphabetical list of Hurrian roots beginning with A. The second part (Lemmata) deals with the same roots, inflected forms, derived words, meanings, Hittite, Sumerian and Accadian corresp...

Edzard D.O. Sumerian grammar. – Boston_Leiden: Brill, 2003. - 212 p. ISBN 90-04-12608-2 Dietz Edzard's Sumerian Grammar is not a book for an absolute beginner. You will not learn to translate a Sumerian text from this book. There are no vocabulary lists or exercises and there are only two cuneiform characters in the entire book. But that is fine since this book is not aimed at a begining student. Instead, Dr. Edzard has written a book that is...

Foxvog D.A. Elementary Sumerian Glossary. — 2010. — 66 p. A glossary suitable for the first several years of instruction, with emphasis on the vocabulary of easy literary texts, early royal inscriptions, and uncomplicated economic and administrative documents. For additional terms and alternate readings and translations see the Electronic Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary on the Web.

Foxvog D.A. Introduction to Sumerian grammar. — 2010. — 170 p. This grammar is intended primarily for use in the first year of university study under the guidance of a teacher who can describe the classic problems in greater detail, add current alternative explanations for phenomena, help the student parse and understand the many textual illustrations found throughout, and provide supplementary information about the history of the language and t...

LOT, 2010. - 776 p. This grammar has been long in the making. After my graduation in 1988, I wanted to do a PhD on the grammar of the Old Sumerian texts from Lagash, with the aim to write a synchronic grammar of a single Sumerian dialect. Help came from many directions. Theo Krispijn shared with me his lists of verbal forms and his glossary of the Gudea texts. Gebhard Selz was most generous with manuscripts of Old Sumerian texts editions he was...

Akademisk Forlag, 2001. - 376 p. ISBN-10: 8750036548. This volume gives an extensive description of Sumerian grammar based on texts dating from the middle of the third millennium to the end of the Old Babylonian period (about 1600 B.C. ). Earlier theories, especially concerning the verbal system, the most difficult chapter of Sumerian grammar, are discussed. Furthermore, this book also deals with the history of the Sumerian language and its use i...

2nd revised edition. - Pontificio Istituto Biblico, 1999. - 113 p. This is a crestomathy of Sumerian texts, from Early Dynastic to Old Babylonian royal inscriptions (i.e. , from the mid 3rd mill. BCE to the early 2nd mill. ). It also includes a few administrative documents from the late 3rd mill. It includes copies of the inscriptions, a sign list, and a complete vocabulary. This is an essential tool for anyone trying to start to learn Sumerian,...

Date: 2008 Pages: 348 pages Format: PDF The so-called Sumerian conjugation prefixes are the most poorly understood and perplexing elements of Sumerian verbal morphology. Approaching the problem from a functional-typological perspective and basing the analysis upon semantics, Professor Woods argues that these elements, in their primary function, constitute a system of grammatical voice, in which the active voice is set against the middle voice....