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

This seminar foucses on the Erra Epic. This texts describes how plague and war hit a civilized and peacefull society and tries to answer the question how the gods, and especially the main god Marduk, could allow such a desaster.

Preparing the transcription and translation of the Akkadian cuneiform texts and jointly discussing the contents.

Participation during the course and final exam at the end of the semester.

positive completion of elective module 25

Due to substantial differences in the allocation of ECTS-Credits in various curricula (BA Classica et Orientalia 2009 and BA Classica et Orientalia 2015), the requirements for this course vary. Information will be provided by the instructor at the beginning of the course.