Universität Wien

141136 VO Introduction to Sumerian (2021S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 14 - Orientalistik, Afrikanistik, Indologie und Tibetologie
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Voraussetzung: STEOP
In Verbindung mit der UE 141048 zu absolvieren.
Moodle

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Details

Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes

Das Semester ist derzeit digital geplant.
Mo 09:45-11:15
Beginn: 08.03.2021

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Survey of Sumerian frammar for Beginners; Basics of Cuneiform palaeography

Assessment and permitted materials

Written exam in the last meeting of the class at the end of the semester (June) or in the following semester. There will be four opportunities to take the exam

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Update owed to the Covid-19 situation (14 6 2020): the exam will be conducted online as an open book exam, via the moodle platform.

Final exam, 5 questions, each for 8 points.
grading:
0 - 19 points: 5 (fail)
pass grades:
20 - 25 points: 4
26 - 30 points: 3
31 - 35 points: 2
36 - 40 points: 1

Examination topics

The basics of Sumerian grammar as presented in class and represented in the materials made availble on the moodle platform; reading of simple texts in the original cuneiform script.

Reading list

Umfangreiche Materialien werden während der LV und auf der eLearning Plattform zur Verfügung gestellt und sind zu verwenden.

Weiters:
B. Jagersma, A Descriptive Grammar of Sumerian.
G. Zólyomi, An Introduction to the Grammar of Sumerian.
W.H.Ph. Römer, Einführung in die Sumerologie
M.-L. The Sumerian Language: An Introduction to its History and Grammatical Structure
D.O. Edzard, Sumerian Grammar
K. Volk, Sumerian Reader
J.L. Hayes, A Manual of Sumerian Grammar and Texts

Association in the course directory

AO-4, EC-645-AOP/2

Last modified: Fr 12.05.2023 00:17