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Lecturer(s)
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Komorousová Alžběta, Mgr. Th.D.
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Course content
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1) Verbal flexion; especially III and IV stems 2) Cursive script; other syllabic graphems and logograms 3) Lecture of Akkadian non-literary texts - introduction 4) Lecture of Old Babylonian letters - letters from Hammu-rabi I 5) Lecture of Old Babylonian letters - letters from Hammu-rabi II 6) Lecture of Old Babylonian letters - other groups of administrative letters; private letters 7) Lecture of Old Babylonian contracts - debts 8) Lecture of Old Babylonian contracts - real property 9) Lecture of Old Babylonian contracts - hire of labourers 10) Lecture of royal inscriptions - Hammu-rabi 11) Lecture of royal inscriptions - other rulers 12) Introduction into Middle Babylonian 13) Introduction into Neo-Babylonian
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Contact hours
- 39 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 60 hours per semester
- Preparation for formative assessments (2-20)
- 31 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| - to know rules for reading average texts in Akkadian both in monumental and cursive script - to derive forms of III and IV stems with various groups of verbs - to have the basic knowledge of the Akkadian syntax |
| Skills |
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| - to read average texts in Akkadian both in monumental and cursive script - to derive forms of II, III and IV stems with various groups of verbs - to use knowledge of the Akkadian syntax |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| - to define rules for reading of non-literary texts written in the cursive script (letters, contracts), as well as in the monumental script (royal inscriptions) - to be familiar with other phases of Akkadian (Middle Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian) |
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| - to read non-literary texts written in the cursive script (letters, contracts), as well as in the monumental script (royal inscriptions) - to work with sources related to other phases of Akkadian (Middle Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian) |
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| Practicum |
| Self-study of literature |
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| Skills demonstration |
| Individual study |
| Students' portfolio |
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| Test |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Written exam |
| Skills |
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| Written exam |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
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| Written exam |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
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Recommended literature
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Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas. A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2000. ISBN 978-3-447-04264-2.
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Huehnergard, John. A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies, 45). Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 2011. ISBN 978-1-57506-941-8.
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Labat, René. Manuel d´épigraphie akkadienne. Paris: Paul Geuthner, 1988. ISBN 2-7053-0354-5.
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Mittermayer, Catherine. Altbabylonische Zeichenliste der sumerisch-literarischen Texte. Fribourg: Academic Press, 2006. ISBN 978-3-7278-1551-5.
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Nováková, Nea; Pecha, Lukáš; Rahman, Furat. Základy starobabylonštiny. Praha : Karolinum, 2000. ISBN 80-7184-997-9.
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Soden, W. von. Akkadisches Handwörterbuch. Wiesbaden, 1959.
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Streck, Michael P. Altbabylonisches Lehrbuch. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2011. ISBN 978-3-447-06456-9.
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Tadmor, Hayim; Yamada, Shigeo. The Royal Inscriptions of Tiglath-Pileser III (744?727 BC) and Shalmaneser V (726?722 BC), Kings of Assyria. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 2011. ISBN 978-1-57506-220-4.
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