C. Cuneiform

101B - INTERMEDIATE AKKADIAN

Instructor:  Lecturer Laurie Pierce
TT, 11-12:30, 12 Barrows Hall, 3 units, CC#62203
Textbooks: TBA

Three hours of class per week.  Prerequisites:  Cuneiform 100A-100B.  Background in German and French recommended. Sequence begins in fall. Reading of selected texts, including law codes, letters, myths and epics.

102B– ELEMENTARY SUMERIAN 

Instructor:  Professor Niek Veldhuis
TT, 9:30-11, 12 Barrows, 4 units, cc#62206
Textbooks:  TBA

Three hours of class per week. Background in German and French recommended. Introduction to Sumerian grammar and writing

206B– ADVANCED HITTITE

Instructor:  Professor Gary Holland
MWF, 11-12, 12 Barrows, 3 units, cc#62221
Textbook:  TBA

Three hours of class per week.  Prerequisite:  Cuneiform 106A-106B.  Reconstruction and critical reading of Hittite texts belonging to different literary genres (epics, mythology, annals, law codes, political treaties, rituals, etc.) or introduction to Hieroglyphic Luwian.  May be repeated for credit.