Akkadian in the International Age: Late Bronze Age Texts from Egypt, Anatolia, and the Levant

Harvard FAS

This Akkadian reading course comprises a broad survey of Late Bronze Age texts from the western regions of the ancient Near East. It provides a detailed introduction to the dialects, scripts, and writing cultures conventionally classified as “western peripheral Akkadian.” Students read a selection of texts from across the region, including Egypt (Tell el-Amarna), Anatolia (Hattuša), and the Levant (Alalaḫ, Ugarit, Taanach), and encounter a variety of text genres, including diplomatic letters,…