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Old Babylonian (2000-1500 BCE), the classical form of Akkadian, has a uniform grammar written in clear and simple signs. It frames the grammatical and literary foundation of the Epic of Gilgamesh and subsequent Akkadian literature.  
In Akkadian 1, students will achieve a beginning level of skill in the language.

Courses begin in November 2016.

Professor

Richard Jude Thompson, Dr., (Ph.D. Harvard University, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, 2011)

Language of Instruction

English

Required Textbook(s)

• Huehnergard, John. A Grammar of Akkadian, third edition. Harvard Semitic Studies 45. Published by Eisenbrauns, 2011.
• -----. Key to A Grammar of Akkadian, third edition. HSS 46. Eisenbrauns, 2013.
• Student must purchase required textbooks separately from Amazon or the publisher Eisenbrauns.

Optional Textbook(s)

• Parpola, Simo. The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh. State Archives of Assyrian Cuneiform Texts, vol. 1. Cuneiform Text, Transliteration, Glossary, Indices, and Sign List. Published by The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, University of Helsinki, 1997.

About the Course

The thirty-week course covers the first twelve lessons of A Grammar of Akkadian, including phonetics, syllabification principles, and basic grammatical structures, as well as the first thirty lines of the Epic of Gilgamesh. Completion of Akkadian 1 will prepare the student to take the next course, Akkadian 2.

The thirty-week course costs $1,250 USD, not including the cost of text books. If after two class sessions you wish to drop the course, we will refund you $1,050.
Student must purchase required textbooks separately from Amazon or the publisher Brill. 

The thirty-week course costs $1,250 USD, not including the cost of text books. If after two class sessions you wish to drop the course, we will refund you $1,050.

Akkadian I: Grammar and the Epic of Gilgamesh

$1,250

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For the course syllabus, please contact Professor Richard Jude Thompson, Dr.,

Summary Of the Course. Old Babylonian (2000-1500 BCE), the classical form of Akkadian, has a uniform grammar written in clear and simple signs. It frames the grammatical and literary foundation of the Epic of Gilgamesh and subsequent Akkadian literature.  
In Akkadian 1, students will achieve a beginning level of skill in the language.

Courses begin in November 2016.

Professor

Richard Jude Thompson, Dr., (Ph.D. Harvard University, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, 2011)

Language of Instruction

English

Required Textbook(s)

• Required textbooks:
• Huehnergard, John. A Grammar of Akkadian, third edition. Harvard Semitic Studies 45. Published by Eisenbrauns, 2011.
• -----. Key to A Grammar of Akkadian, third edition. HSS 46. Eisenbrauns, 2013.
• Student must purchase required textbooks separately from Amazon or the publisher Brill.

Optional Textbook(s)

• Optional textbooks: Parpola, Simo. The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh. State Archives of Assyrian Cuneiform Texts, vol. 1. Cuneiform Text, Transliteration, Glossary, Indices, and Sign List. Published by The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, University of Helsinki, 1997.

About the Course

Details: The thirty-week course covers the first twelve lessons of A Grammar of Akkadian, including phonetics, syllabification principles, and basic grammatical structures, as well as the first thirty lines of the Epic of Gilgamesh. Completion of Akkadian 1 will prepare the student to take the next course, Akkadian 2.

The thirty-week course costs $2,500 USD, not including the cost of text books. If after two class sessions you wish to drop the course, we will refund you $2,300.
Student must purchase required textbooks separately from Amazon or the publisher Brill. 

The thirty-week course costs $2,500 USD, not including the cost of text books. If after two class sessions you wish to drop the course, we will refund you $2,300.

Akkadian I: Akkadian Grammmar and Gilgamesh; Private Lessons

$2,500

Register for Class

For the course syllabus, please contact Professor Richard Jude Thompson, Dr.,

Course covers chapters 14 through 26 of A Grammar of Akkadian and lines 31 to 60 in the Epic of Gilgamesh. Course takes place one hour per week over thirty weeks.

Professor

Richard Jude Thompson, Dr., (Ph.D. Harvard University, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, 2011)

Language of Instruction

Required Textbook(s)

• Huehnergard, John. A Grammar of Akkadian, third edition. Harvard Semitic Studies 45. Published by Eisenbrauns, 2011.
• -----. Key to A Grammar of Akkadian, third edition. HSS 46. Eisenbrauns, 2013.
• Student must purchase required textbooks separately from Amazon or the publisher Brill.

Optional Textbook(s)

• Parpola, Simo. The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh. State Archives of Assyrian Cuneiform Texts, vol. 1. Cuneiform Text, Transliteration, Glossary, Indices, and Sign List. Published by The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, University of Helsinki, 1997.

About the Course

Professor: Richard Jude Thompson, Dr. (Ph.D. Harvard, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, 2011)

The thirty-week course costs $2,500 USD, not including the cost of text books. If after two class sessions you wish to drop the course, we will refund you $2,300.

Akkadian II: Akkadian Grammar and Gilgamesh; Private Lessons

$2,500

Register for Class

For the course syllabus, please contact Professor Richard Jude Thompson, Dr.,

Course covers chapters 14 through 26 of A Grammar of Akkadian and lines 31 to 60 in the Epic of Gilgamesh. Classes take place one hour per week over thirty weeks.

Professor

Richard Jude Thompson, Dr., (Ph.D. Harvard University, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, 2011)

Language of Instruction

Required Textbook(s)

• Huehnergard, John. A Grammar of Akkadian, third edition. Harvard Semitic Studies 45. Published by Eisenbrauns, 2011.
• -----. Key to A Grammar of Akkadian, third edition. HSS 46. Eisenbrauns, 2013.
• Student must purchase required textbooks separately from Amazon or the publisher Brill.

Optional Textbook(s)

• Parpola, Simo. The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh. State Archives of Assyrian Cuneiform Texts, vol. 1. Cuneiform Text, Transliteration, Glossary, Indices, and Sign List. Published by The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, University of Helsinki, 1997.

About the Course

Professor: Richard Jude Thompson, Dr., (Ph.D. Harvard, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, 2011)

The thirty-week course costs $1,250 USD, not including the cost of text books. If after two class sessions you wish to drop the course, we will refund you $1,050.

Akkadian II: Akkadian Grammar and Gilgamesh

$1,250

Register for Class

For the course syllabus, please contact Professor Richard Jude Thompson, Dr.,

Lessons Akkadian III:61-90 and lines 1:61-90 of the Epic of Gilgamesh.

Professor

Richard Jude Thompson, Dr., (Ph.D. Harvard University, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, 2011)

Language of Instruction

Required Textbook(s)

Optional Textbook(s)

About the Course

The course Akkadian III covers the grammar of the textbook by John Huehnergard, A Grammar of Akkadian, Lessons 27-38 with detailed answers in the Key to A Grammar of Akkadian and Dr. Richard Jude Thompson's detailed notes. It includes parsing and analysis of a line of the Epic of Gilgamesh in each lesson from 1:61-90.

The thirty-week course costs $1,250 USD, not including the cost of text books. If after two class sessions you wish to drop the course, we will refund you $1,050.

Akkadian III: Akkadian Grammar and Gilgamesh

$1,250

Register for Class

For the course syllabus, please contact Professor Richard Jude Thompson, Dr.,

Lessons Akkadian III:61-90 and lines 1:61-90 of the Epic of Gilgamesh.

Professor

Richard Jude Thompson, Dr., (Ph.D. Harvard University, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, 2011)

Language of Instruction

Required Textbook(s)

• Huehnergard, John. A Grammar of Akkadian, third edition. Harvard Semitic Studies 45. Published by Eisenbrauns, 2011.
• -----. Key to A Grammar of Akkadian, third edition. HSS 46. Eisenbrauns, 2013.
• Student must purchase required textbooks separately from Amazon or the publisher Eisenbrauns.

Optional Textbook(s)

• Parpola, Simo. The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh. State Archives of Assyrian Cuneiform Texts, vol. 1. Cuneiform Text, Transliteration, Glossary, Indices, and Sign List. Published by The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, University of Helsinki, 1997.

About the Course

The course Akkadian III covers the grammar of the textbook by John Huehnergard, A Grammar of Akkadian, Lessons 27-38 with detailed answers in the Key to A Grammar of Akkadian and Dr. Richard Jude Thompson's detailed notes. It includes parsing and analysis of a line of the Epic of Gilgamesh in each lesson from 1:61-90.

The thirty-week course costs $2,500 USD, not including the cost of text books. If after two class sessions you wish to drop the course, we will refund you $2,300.

Akkadian III: Akkadian Grammar and Gilgamesh. Private Lessons.

$2,500

Register for Class

For the course syllabus, please contact Professor Richard Jude Thompson, Dr.,

Akkadian IV continues the Epic of Gilgamesh to the end of Tablet I and adds on 210 new cuneiform signs from the Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon of Rykle Borger.

Professor

Richard Jude Thompson, Dr., (Ph.D. Harvard University, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, 2011)

Language of Instruction

Required Textbook(s)

Optional Textbook(s)

• Rykle Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon, Ugarit-Verlag, Munster: 2004.

About the Course

Each lesson will consist of a review of the previous sign list, seven lines of text to analyze, and seven signs from the MZ sign list. The student-PDF will contain the information necessary for the completion of each lesson and the course.

The thirty-week course costs $1,250 USD, not including the cost of text books. If after two class sessions you wish to drop the course, we will refund you $1,050.

Akkadian IV: Gilgamesh Tablet 1 and MZ Sign List

$1,250

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For the course syllabus, please contact Professor Richard Jude Thompson, Dr.,