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Building on the basic knowledge, students enhance their language competence of Sumerian up to a level which enables them to work scientifically with texts of this language; in particular they will be in a position to recognise language-linguistic problems of Sumerian and to find solutions, to judge the texts critically with regard to their content, to present the results in scientific form and to prepare themselves thoroughly with various media.

Reading and discussing texts from the times of Gudea of Lagash

Preparing the transcription and translations of the Sumerian cuneiform texts and jointly discussing the contents

Participation during the course and term paper

Marie-Louise Thomsen, The Sumerian Language. Mesopotamia 10. Copenhagen.
Dietz Otto Edzard, Sumerian Grammar. HdO. Brill
René Labat, Manuel d'épigraphie akkadienne. Paris. Geuthner.

positive completion of elective modules 6 and 7

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