Interpretation of texts I: Sumerian texts - ASYRN30012

• Title: Interpretation of texts I: Sumerian texts
• Guaranteed by: Institute of Ancient Near Eastern Studies (21-USPV)
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: summer
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 3
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/2, C [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unlimited (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: Dr. Ludovica Bertolini, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): Dr. Ludovica Bertolini, Ph.D.

Annotation

Last update: prof. PhDr. Jana Mynářová, Ph.D. (12.12.2023)

This course aims to familiarize students with the cuneiform script and enable them to read directly in cuneiform a
variety of genres: royal inscriptions, administrative documents and letters. In the classroom sessions, we will also
discuss the cultural and historical context of the inscriptions we encounter in teh course. At the end of the course
the students should be able to read, translate, and interpret Sumerian cuneiform texts independently and put them
into their historical and cultural context. Moreover, students should have acquired a fundamental understanding of
the written legacy of Sumer.

Studijní literatura:
D.O. Edzard, Gudea and his dynasty. Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia, Early Periods 3/1 (RIME). Toronto 1997.
K. Volk, A Sumerian Chrestomathy: With the Collaboration of Silvano Votto and Jessica Baldwin (Subsidia Et Instrumenta Linguarum Orientis5) Harrassowitz, 2012.
A.W. Sjöberg, The Collection of Sumerian Temple Hymns. Texts from Cuneiform Sources. 3. Locust Valley:
Augustin 1969.

Syllabus

Last update: prof. PhDr. Jana Mynářová, Ph.D. (12.12.2023)

D.O. Edzard, Gudea and his dynasty. Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia, Early Periods 3/1 (RIME). Toronto 1997.

K. Volk, A Sumerian Chrestomathy: With the Collaboration of Silvano Votto and Jessica Baldwin (Subsidia Et Instrumenta Linguarum Orientis5) Harrassowitz, 2012.

A.W. Sjöberg, The Collection of Sumerian Temple Hymns. Texts from Cuneiform Sources. 3. Locust Valley: 

Augustin 1969.