Web Site Links Related to Mesopotamia or Language
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Mesopotamian Bronze Age (Old Akkadian, Neo Sumerian ...
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Sumerian Language Page
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Links to Halloran lexicon of Sumerian, paper analyzing the proto-language, and other Mesopotamian-related sites

Sumerian Language - Encarta Online Concise
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Sumerian Language , language of the peoples of the ancient kingdom of Sumer in Mesopotamia. Its vocabulary, grammar, and syntax do...

LANGUAGE DICTIONARIES ONLINE Other pages of possible interest: Ancient Texts page and Essene Jesus teachings.. Ojibwa Language Mesoamerican Languages Native American Languages Language Motherland - access the best here! Sumerian Language Dictionary

Dictionaries: Sumerian
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The Most Popular Information Resource Site for Librarians Since 1994 Dictionaries: Sumerian Ready Reference Almanacs/Fact Books Introduction Almanacs/Fact books Statistics Bibliographies Introduction General resources Biographies Introduction..

Old Sumerian languageOld Sumerian language, or Classical Sumerian languagedevelopment of Sumerian language

See Cuneiform writing system, About the cuneiform sign = AN Sumerian. It developped in Sumerian times (3rd millenium BC) from the pictogram indicating a star. In Sumerian the sign is used as a logogram and has the following meanings: an The name of

Elementary Sumerian - Spring '98
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Gonzalo Rubio Department of Near Eastern Studies The Johns Hopkins University gonzalor@jhu.edu This course aims at familiarizing students with the basics of Sumerian grammar and enabling them to read Early Dynastic and Ur III inscriptions, as well as providing them with a preliminary introduction to the Old Babylonian literary texts from the Nippur scribal curriculum.

INDEX OF RESOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA, INCLUDING THE TERRITORY UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE MODERN STATE OF IRAQ AND PARTS OF IRAN, SYRIA, AND TURKEY.

From the most advanced civilization on Earth, on the verge of the 21st century, we travel to the most ancient civilization known to humankind, 3500 BC Sumer. (Figure 1)

Phonetically organized lexicon of all logograms in the ancient Sumerian language.

Links to Sumerian, Mesopotamian, or language-related sites.

Ask A Linguist For July 1998 - September 1998 [Subject Prev][Subject Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Subject Index][Thread Index] Re: Sumerian and Indo-European To: Mark Miller <mgm21@juno.com>, Ask A Linguist <ask-ling@LINGUISTLIST.ORG> Subject..

The Legends of the Garden of Eden and The Alfred Hamori Such stories as the creation, the garden of Eden, the flood and the angels of the Bible and other related religions, may have been derived from the earliest literature of mankind.

Chapter 4 of John Heise's 'Akkadian language' on the origin and development of cuneiform. Akkadian is one of the great cultural languages of world history, also called Babylonian-Assyrian and used a writing system called cuneiform. Wedge shaped symbols were inscribed on clay tablets with a reed stylus.

§10 Old Israelite. In Fig.16, I reproduce from [Jenn] a table of alphabets including Old Israelite. In Fig.17, I present an inscription in Old Israelite,..

Section 3, Chapt. 2 of John Heise's 'Akkadian language', about the protohistory of the Ancient Near East, including Sumerian King Lists, The Flood story, First cities (Jemdet Nasr), Old Sumerian Age, Early Dynastic.

This posting contains a description of the pantheon and cosmology of the Sumerians, who lived in what is now southern Iraq over 4000 years ago. Aspects of Sumerian culture are touched upon as are parallels with Biblical stories.

Eleven-page paper describing how the early Sumerians invented their language, with a complete lexicon of the first words in their language.

The Net's best collection of Middle Eastern Mythology! Includes: Sumerian, Babylonian, Canaanite, Egyptian, and more! Plus the ever-popular "Dictionary of the Gods"- giving definitions of hundreds of Middle Eastern Deities, Spirits, Demons, and Heroes!

This list is intended as a starting-point to some Web addresses useful in relation to a range of resources and information in the field of oriental studies.

Ancient Near East Page If you said "why of course it's a cuneiform tablet", you're right! (If you guessed wheat chex, you get the booby prize)

John Heise's 'Akkadian language', Chapter 2, section Mesopotamia, with a bird's eye view on the geographical and climatological background of the Ancient Near East, including an introduction to the people (Sumerian, Akkadians and neighbors), the divine world, economy, Assyriology and Archeology. All meant to be as introduction to 'The Akkadian Language' Home page (DUB.E = tuppi bitim, 'home...

LCTL:Sumerian
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