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2026-2027 / LLOR0069-1

Assyrian-Babylonian language and literature 2

Duration

60h Th

Number of credits

 Master in ancient languages and literatures : Oriental studies, research focus10 crédits 

Lecturer

Laurent Colonna d'Istria, François Desset

Coordinator

Laurent Colonna d'Istria

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

All year long, with partial in January

If a student fails an examination during the first term:

  • They are permitted to resit the assessed subject during the second term (May-June);

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Reading various cuneiform texts (literary, economical, administrative, etc.)

30 h: lectures : literature, Akkadian dialectology (old akkadian, old assyrian, babylonian and assyrian)

15 h: Elamite course - cuneiform / linear

15 h : practical exercises : technical drawing of unpublished cuneiform tablet (PUL)

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Better knowledge of the Assyro-Babylonian and Sumerian texts
Know how to publish cuneiform tablets: technical drawing, transliteration, work on an archive, recontextualize documents in space and time, historic commentaries, etc ...

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

To have attended the lecture entitled LLOR0068- Langue et littérature assyro-babyloniennes I

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lessons and excercices (mould and original)

Lecture


Practical Work : technical drawing of cuneiform tablets (on originals and mould).

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Blended learning


Further information:

Organised following the disponibility of the students.

Course materials and recommended or required readings

There will be no lecture notes.

Any session :

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions )

- Remote

written exam ( open-ended questions )

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred remote


Additional information:

Written test.

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

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Contacts

Secretary

Valérie ELIAS
Tél. 04 366 55 44

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