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A Sumerian Reader (Studia Pohl
This book contains 44 texts of varying royal inscriptions, legal, and economic documents. For pedagogical reasons literary texts are not included.
Some of the texts are accompanied by a transliteration and/or version in Neo-Assyrian so that the students can learn the Neo-Assyrian forms which are of basic importance for the use of the sign list book and for most assyriological sign lists.
Some of the texts are accompanied by a transliteration and/or version in Neo-Assyrian so that the students can learn the Neo-Assyrian forms which are of basic importance for the use of the sign list book and for most assyriological sign lists.
150 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 1999
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January 11, 2014
I tried to use this book to teach myself basic Sumerian. I found that pretty difficult and in the end only partly succeeded. Later on I realised why! This Reader doesn't have any kind of treatment of the grammar and that made trying to decipher the texts quite difficult and it made understanding the verbs well nigh impossible.
Once I had learnt the basics of the grammar and how the lexical materials are organised (from John Hayes' book 'A Manual of Sumerian Grammar and Texts') then this 114 page booklet became worth its weight in gold. Its small enough to carry around in your pocket or handbag.
It contains 44 Sumerian texts from royal inscriptions through to letters and economic tablets most with a transliteration. At the end there are extensive sign lists and vocabularies with which you have to use to make your own translations.
I occasionally go back to it and test myself on a text or two - I find this helps to keep my memory of Sumerian up to scratch.
Once I had learnt the basics of the grammar and how the lexical materials are organised (from John Hayes' book 'A Manual of Sumerian Grammar and Texts') then this 114 page booklet became worth its weight in gold. Its small enough to carry around in your pocket or handbag.
It contains 44 Sumerian texts from royal inscriptions through to letters and economic tablets most with a transliteration. At the end there are extensive sign lists and vocabularies with which you have to use to make your own translations.
I occasionally go back to it and test myself on a text or two - I find this helps to keep my memory of Sumerian up to scratch.
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