Archaeological Sciences

The course is composed of a general part in which the main aspects (phonetic, morphology) of the Sumerian language will be analyzed and a monographic part in which these aspects will be deepen through the reading of cuneiform texts. The general part will treat the following arguments: 0. Introduction: 0.1 Sketch of the Sumerian language 0.2 Sources 0.3 Discovery and deciphering of cuneiform writing 0.4 The cuneiform writing system 1. Phonetic: 1.1 Vocals 1.2 Consonants 1.3 Vocals and consonants changes 2. Morphology: 2.1 Nominal chain - General aspects - Name - Adjetive - The dependence relation or "genitive" - Possessive - Plural - Cases 2.2 Verbal chain - Verbal root - Verbal groups and classes - 1 participant conjugation - 2 participants conjugation hamtu - 2 participants conjugation marû - conjugation prefixes - pronominal infixes - dimensional infixes - modal prefixes Syntax: - coordination - subordinate clauses - other syntactic aspects Other aspects of the Sumerian language: - dialects - language contact - morphographemic At the same time, cuneiform writing will be studied and Sumerian texts will be analysed (in transcription or in the original), researching and discussing the aspects of grammar studied.

None.

All the material for the course (PPT/PDF of the lessons, exercises, notes, etc.) is available on eLearning (elearning2.uniroma1.it) in the page of the course "introduzione al sumerico".

Class attendance is not compulsory, but highly recommended. A Meet link will be available as well.

Students learning will be assessed during the course through discussion, quizzes, and small group works. Final exam will be based on quizzes from the main courses: two questions on Sumerian grammar and the reading of a passage from the Sumerian texts previously read during the classroom lessons.

1) M.L. Thomsen, The Sumerian Language, Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag, 1984 2) D'Agostino et al., La lingua dei Sumeri, Milano: Hoepli, 2019 3) B. Jagersma, A Descriptive Grammar of Sumerian, Leiden: Universiteit Leiden, 2010 Portali web a) ePSD: http://psd.museum.upenn.edu/epsd/nepsd-frame.html b) eTCSL: http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/ c) ETCSRI: http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/ d) CDLI: http://cdli.ucla.edu/

Class attendance is not compulsory, but highly recommended. A Meet link will be available as well.

The course is composed of a general part in which the main aspects (phonetic, morphology) of the Sumerian language will be analyzed and a monographic part in which these aspects will be deepen through the reading of cuneiform texts. The general part will treat the following arguments: 0. Introduction: 0.1 Sketch of the Sumerian language 0.2 Sources 0.3 Discovery and deciphering of cuneiform writing 0.4 The cuneiform writing system 1. Phonetic: 1.1 Vocals 1.2 Consonants 1.3 Vocals and consonants changes 2. Morphology: 2.1 Nominal chain - General aspects - Name - Adjetive - The dependence relation or "genitive" - Possessive - Plural - Cases 2.2 Verbal chain - Verbal root - Verbal groups and classes - 1 participant conjugation - 2 participants conjugation hamtu - 2 participants conjugation marû - conjugation prefixes - pronominal infixes - dimensional infixes - modal prefixes Syntax: - coordination - subordinate clauses - other syntactic aspects Other aspects of the Sumerian language: - dialects - language contact - morphographemic At the same time, cuneiform writing will be studied and Sumerian texts will be analysed (in transcription or in the original), researching and discussing the aspects of grammar studied.

None.

All the material for the course (PPT/PDF of the lessons, exercises, notes, etc.) is available on eLearning (elearning2.uniroma1.it) in the page of the course "introduzione al sumerico".

Class attendance is not compulsory, but highly recommended. A Meet link will be available as well.

Students learning will be assessed during the course through discussion, quizzes, and small group works. Final exam will be based on quizzes from the main courses: two questions on Sumerian grammar and the reading of a passage from the Sumerian texts previously read during the classroom lessons.

1) M.L. Thomsen, The Sumerian Language, Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag, 1984 2) D'Agostino et al., La lingua dei Sumeri, Milano: Hoepli, 2019 3) B. Jagersma, A Descriptive Grammar of Sumerian, Leiden: Universiteit Leiden, 2010 Portali web a) ePSD: http://psd.museum.upenn.edu/epsd/nepsd-frame.html b) eTCSL: http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/ c) ETCSRI: http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/etcsri/ d) CDLI: http://cdli.ucla.edu/

Class attendance is not compulsory, but highly recommended. A Meet link will be available as well.