Sumerian Economic Sources from Pre-Sargonic Lagash

Harvard FAS

A reading course in Sumerian administrative and legal documents dating to the mid- to late third millennium BCE (Pre-Sargonic/Early Dynastic IIIb) from the city-state of Lagash. Most texts are selected from the tablet collection of the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East. Course goals include: introducing students to the script, vocabulary, and writing conventions of Pre-Sargonic texts; familiarizing students with key resources for reading texts of this period; and providing first-hand…