Old Assyrian Language and History III

Graduate / Professional

Advanced readings in the Old Assyrian dialect of Akkadian within the historical and cultural contexts of northern Mesopotamia and Anatolia during the early second millennium BCE. Texts are drawn from a wide range of genres, including private and official correspondence, legal and administrative documents, loan and quittance records, caravan texts, commercial accounts, partnership contracts, and family and state law. Students engage critically with scholarship in Old Assyrian studies and economic history while conducting original research and producing scholarly writing under faculty guidance. HTBA