Sources of Early Akkadian Literature A Text Corpus of Babylonian and Assyrian Literary Texts from the 3rd and 2nd Millennia BCE Sources of Early Akkadian Literature (SEAL)is a joint project headed by Michael P. Streck of the Altorientalisches Institut of the University of Leipzig and Nathan Wasserman… Read More ›
Ancient Near East
The Sumerian king list: translation
(In the following translation, mss. are referred to by the sigla used by Vincente 1995; from those listed there, mss. Fi, Go, P6, and WB 62 were not used; if not specified by a note, numerical data come from ms…. Read More ›
Scrittura cuneiforme
Nel XV secolo un veneziano di nome Barbero aveva esplorato le antiche rovine dell’Asia occidentale, ed era tornato portando notizie di una scrittura davvero strana, che aveva trovato scolpita sulle pietre dei templi di Shiraz e incisa su innumerevoli tavolette… Read More ›