Interpretation of texts II: Sumerian Texts II - AEA500046
Title: Interpretation of texts II: Sumerian Texts II
Guaranteed by: Institute of Ancient Near Eastern Studies (21-USPV)
Faculty: Faculty of Arts
Actual: from 2024 to 2024
Semester: winter
Points: 0
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, C [HT]
Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: Sergio Alivernini, Dr.
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Interpretation of texts II: Sumerian Texts II
Vyučující: Sergio Alivernini, Ph.D.
ZS 2020
E-Kredity: 3
0/2 Z
jazyk výuky: angličtina
PVP, skupina jazyky


This course aims to improve students’s knowledge of cuneiform script and Sumerian grammar. A special attention
will be given to a variety of genres: royal inscriptions, administrative documents and letters. In the classroom
sessions, we will also discuss the cultural and historical context of the inscriptions we encounter during the
course. At the end of the course the students should be able to read, translate, and interpret Sumerian cuneiform
texts independently and put them into their historical and cultural context. Moreover, students should have acquired
a fundamental understanding of the written legacy of Sumer.

Studijní literatura:
D.O. Edzard, Gudea and his dynasty. Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia, Early Periods 3/1. Toronto 1997.
A.W. Sjöberg, The Collection of Sumerian Temple Hymns. Texts from Cuneiform Sources. 3. Locust Valley:
Augustin 1969.
Last update: Smoláriková Květa, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (29.06.2020)