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A New Workbook of Cuneiform Signs / Daniel C. Snell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Snell, Daniel C., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (160 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, PA : Penn State University Press, [2022]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Based on Daniel C. Snell’s original workbook and informed by his decades of teaching, this new and improved textbook provides an introductory course in basic cuneiform signs. Using a method of repetition that asks the student to actively produce the signs as well as passively read them, it efficiently teaches more than one hundred basic signs in their Neo-Assyrian forms, all of which have been chosen for their recurrence and usefulness to the student. The workbook includes instructions and drills, frequent quizzes to reinforce retention, and notes that both provide context about the ancient cultures that used cuneiform and introduce modern scholarly conventions.Designed for beginning students of cuneiform languages and cultures, A New Workbook of Cuneiform Signs is an easy and intuitive way to learn cuneiform. It is a valuable resource for students and teachers alike.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Sumerian and Akkadian
- Accents
- Quiz 1
- Quiz 2
- Why Cuneiform?
- Quiz 3
- Origins of the Cuneiform Script
- Quiz 4
- Decipherment
- Quiz 5
- Why Assyriology?
- Quiz 6
- Sign Shapes
- Quiz 7
- Spelling
- Quiz 8
- Polyvalence
- Quiz 9
- Why Philology?
- Quiz 10
- Chronology
- Quiz 11
- The Future
- Quiz 12
- Index of Sign Values Presented
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 03. Jul 2024)
- ISBN:
- 9781646022359
- OCLC:
- 1437492688
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