Sumerian Economic Sources from Pre-Sargonic Lagash
SUMERIAN 245
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Description
A reading course in Sumerian administrative and legal documents dating to the mid- to late third millennium BCE (Pre-Sargonic/Early Dynastic IIIb) from the city-state of Lagash. Most texts are selected from the tablet collection of the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East. Course goals include: introducing students to the script, vocabulary, and writing conventions of Pre-Sargonic texts; familiarizing students with key resources for reading texts of this period; and providing first-hand experience in reading cuneiform tablets in a museum setting.
Recommended Prep
Prerequisites: Introductory Sumerian I and II or equivalent
School
Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Credits
4
Cross Reg
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
Department
Near Eastern Languages & Civ
Course Component
Lecture
General Education
N/A
Quantitative Reasoning with Data
N/A
Divisional Distribution
Arts and Humanities
Course Level
Primarily for Graduate Students
