Syllabus for Akkadian Grammar and Cuneiform: A Historical Semitic Language

Akkadiska med grammatik och kilskrift: breddningskurs i semitiskt tillvalsspråk

A revised version of the syllabus is available.

Syllabus

  • 15 credits
  • Course code: 5AS602
  • Education cycle: Second cycle
  • Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Semitic Languages A1N

    Explanation of codes

    The code indicates the education cycle and in-depth level of the course in relation to other courses within the same main field of study according to the requirements for general degrees:

    First cycle

    • G1N: has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
    • G1F: has less than 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • G1E: contains specially designed degree project for Higher Education Diploma
    • G2F: has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • G2E: has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements, contains degree project for Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
    • GXX: in-depth level of the course cannot be classified

    Second cycle

    • A1N: has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • A1F: has second-cycle course/s as entry requirements
    • A1E: contains degree project for Master of Arts/Master of Science (60 credits)
    • A2E: contains degree project for Master of Arts/Master of Science (120 credits)
    • AXX: in-depth level of the course cannot be classified

  • Grading system: Fail (U), Pass (G), Pass with distinction (VG)
  • Established: 2015-06-18
  • Established by:
  • Revised: 2021-03-05
  • Revised by: The Department Board
  • Applies from: Autumn 2021
  • Entry requirements:

    A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university. Proficiency in Swedish and English equivalent to the general entry requirements for first-cycle (Bachelor's level) studies.

  • Responsible department: Department of Linguistics and Philology

Syllabus Revisions

Reading list

Reading list

Applies from: Autumn 2021

Some titles may be available electronically through the University library.

  • Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas A concise dictionary of Akkadian

    2., corr. printing: Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2000

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Caplice, Richard I.; Snell, Daniel C. Introduction to Akkadian

    4. ed. (rev. repr. of 3. ed.): Roma: Editrice Pontificio Istituto Biblico, 2002

    Find in the library

    Mandatory

  • Labat, René Malbran-Labat, Florence Manuel d'épigraphie Akkadienne : (signes, syllabaire, idéogrammes)

    6. éd., revu et augmenté: Paris: Geuthner, 1995

    Find in the library

  • Ungnad, Arthur Matouš, Lubor Akkadian grammar

    Atlanta, Ga.: Scholars Press, cop. 1992

    Find in the library

  • Borger, Rykle Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon

    2., revidierte und aktualisierte Aufl.: Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, 2010

    Find in the library

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