A Sumerian Chrestomathy by Konrad Volk has been written for
beginners studying Sumerian within the academic curriculum. The
volume contains 44 texts of varying contents: royal inscriptions,
legal, and economic documents dating from the Early Dynastic (ca.
2500 B.C.) to the Old Babylonian Period (ca. 1750 B.C.) when
Sumerian was no longer a spoken language. Some of the autographed
texts are accompanied by a version in Neo-Assyrian script so that
the student can learn the Neo-Assyrian sign forms which are of
fundamental importance for the use of the sign list in this book
and, in general, for most Assyriological sign lists. Each
inscription can be studied with the help of the sign list, which is
intentionally limited to the signs that occur in this book.
Reference is given to the most recent works in the field by R.
Borger and C. Mittermayer. Also included are individual and
detailed glossaries: General Vocabulary; Divine Names; Personal
Names; Place Names; Sacred Buildings; Year Dates; Year Names;
Festivals. These glossaries not only quote the lexical items found
in the inscriptions but also give the Akkadian equivalents for
Sumerian words and refer - wherever necessary - to the most recent
Sumerological literature.
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