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Languages in Cuneiform Writing II (Hittite, Akkadian) B [ LGLOR2612 ]


10.0 crédits ECTS  45.0 h + 15.0 h   1 + 2q 

This biannual course is taught on years 2014-2015, 2016-2017, ...

Teacher(s) Tavernier Jan ;
Language French
Place
of the course
Louvain-la-Neuve
Online resources

- > https://www.hethport.uni-wuerzburg.de/HPM/hethportlinks.html
- > https://www.premiumwanadoo.com/cuneiform.languages/fr_index_grammaire.htm
- > https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/pubs/catalog/cad/ (akkadian dictionary)
- > https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/pubs/catalog/chd/ (hittite dictionary)

Prerequisites

LGLOR1611/1611A and LGLOR1612/1612A.

Main themes

In-depth study of the Akkadian and Hittite languages.

Alternating with LGLOR2611, this course of 45 hours deals with texts of varied content (historic, religious, etc.) in Akkadian and Hittite, dating essentially from the second millennium B.C.

To this course are added 15 hours of exercises which correspond to the personal preparation of an Akkadian or Hittite text.

Aims

At the end of this course, the student will be able to translate a cuneiform text and to make intelligent use of the dictionaries, grammars, and sign lists.

Evaluation methods

Written exam ( translation and analysis of a text in cuneiform).

Teaching methods

The selected texts are prepared by the students and the translations are discussed during the course, in order to reach a valid translation and a good understanding of the text.

Content

The course enables the student to deepen and widen his knowledge and experiences acquired at bachelor level. According to the year, the texts studied, for example, are:

- extracts of Akkadian and Hittite epics or myths (Gilgamesh, Enuma elish, the Telepinu myth);
- the royal neo-Assyrian inscriptions;
- Hittite rituals;
- Hittite treaties and edicts.

Bibliography

Course materials : the texts in cuneiforms are given by the lecturer.

Akkadian :

- F. Malbran-Labat, Manuel de langue akkadienne (PIOL, 50), Louvain, 2001.
- W. von Soden, Grundriss der akkadischen Grammatik, 3e éd. (AnOr 33). Rome, 1995.
- R. Labat & F. Malbran-Labat, Manuel d'épigraphie akkadienne (signes, syllabaire, idéogrammes), 6e éd., Paris, 1988.
- The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Chicago, 1956.

- F. Malbran-Labat, Manuel de langue akkadienne : Lexiques akkadien - français et français - akkadien (PIOL, 51), Louvain, 2001.

Hittite :

- H.A. Hoffner & H.C. Melchert, A Grammar of the Hittite Language (Languages of the Ancient Near East, 1), Winona Lake, 2008.
- S. Vanséveren, Nisili : manuel de langue hittite (Lettres orientales 10), Louvain, 2006.
- E. Neu & Ch. Rüster, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (Studien zu den Bogazköy-Texten. Beiheft 2), Wiesbaden, 1989.
- H.G. Güterbock, The Hittite dictionary of the Oriental institute of the University of Chicago, Chicago, 1989-.
- J. Tischler, Hethitisches Handwörterbuch (Innsbrücker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft 128), Innsbruck, 2008.

Other information

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Cycle et année
d'étude
> Master [120] in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies
> Master [60]in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies
Faculty or entity
in charge
> GLOR


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