ACCADIC LANGUAGE I
Course objectives
In line with the educational objectives of the degree program to which it belongs, the course aims to provide, within the field of Akkadian studies, knowledge and understanding that complement and/or reinforce those acquired during the first cycle of studies. It also aims to enable students to engage with original topics, including in a research context, formulating judgments in a more complex and structured manner, communicating both the knowledge acquired and the processes that led to its acquisition, and studying topics independently. The objective of the course is also to provide a general overview of Akkadian literature.
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LORENZO VERDERAME
Lecturers' profile
Program - Frequency - Exams
Course program
The course is structured through the reading of a series of texts. This year's course will address:
- the Enuma elismh or Poem of Creation,
- the Letters of Mari,
- the Royal Ritual of Ebla.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of Akkadian.
Books
All the material for the course (PPT/PDF of the lessons, exercises, notes, etc.) is available on eLearning (elearning.uniroma1.it) in the page of the course "lingua accadica".
Frequency
Class attendance is not compulsory, but highly recommended. A Meet link will be available as well.
Exam mode
The examinee will be assessed by reading, translating and analysing a text read in class.
Bibliography
Grammar of Akkadian:
- W. von Soden, Grundriss der akkadischen Grammatik, AnOr 33, Pontificium Institutum Biblicum: Roma, 19521 (19692; 19953).
Grammar of Eblaite:
Catagnoti, A. (2012) La grammatica della lingua di Ebla. Firenze: Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Antichità, Medioevo e Rinascimento e Linguistica, Università di Firenze (Quaderni di semitistica, 29).
Kogan, L. and Krebernik, M. (2021) ‘Eblaite’, in History of the Akkadian Language. Leiden - Boston: Brill (HdO 1, 152), pp. 664–989.
Lesson mode
Class attendance is not compulsory, but highly recommended. A Meet link will be available as well.
LORENZO VERDERAME
Lecturers' profile
Program - Frequency - Exams
Course program
The course is structured through the reading of a series of texts. This year's course will address:
- the Enuma elismh or Poem of Creation,
- the Letters of Mari,
- the Royal Ritual of Ebla.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of Akkadian.
Books
All the material for the course (PPT/PDF of the lessons, exercises, notes, etc.) is available on eLearning (elearning.uniroma1.it) in the page of the course "lingua accadica".
Frequency
Class attendance is not compulsory, but highly recommended. A Meet link will be available as well.
Exam mode
The examinee will be assessed by reading, translating and analysing a text read in class.
Bibliography
Grammar of Akkadian:
- W. von Soden, Grundriss der akkadischen Grammatik, AnOr 33, Pontificium Institutum Biblicum: Roma, 19521 (19692; 19953).
Grammar of Eblaite:
Catagnoti, A. (2012) La grammatica della lingua di Ebla. Firenze: Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Antichità, Medioevo e Rinascimento e Linguistica, Università di Firenze (Quaderni di semitistica, 29).
Kogan, L. and Krebernik, M. (2021) ‘Eblaite’, in History of the Akkadian Language. Leiden - Boston: Brill (HdO 1, 152), pp. 664–989.
Lesson mode
Class attendance is not compulsory, but highly recommended. A Meet link will be available as well.
- Lesson code1035768
- Academic year2025/2026
- CourseCultures and Religions
- CurriculumCulture e religioni antiche e moderne
- Year2nd year
- Semester1st semester
- SSDL-OR/03
- CFU6