(P/B) COMPLETE BABYLONIAN

Παρουσίαση

Is this the right book for me? Do you want to engage with Babylonian culture and literature in the original language? The course will introduce you to a fascinating world of gods and demons, heroes and kings. The readings are drawn from myths, letters, law-codes, medical incantations, and other authentic, ancient writings. The language is presented in the Roman alphabet, with an explanation of cuneiform script, and the main features of Assyrian - cognate with Babylonian - are also explained.
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Περιεχόμενα

Part one - Getting started Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: How to use this book Chapter 3: Pronunciation Chapter 4: Writing Babylonian in Roman Characters Chapter 5: Roots and patterns Part two - Nouns and adjectives Chapter 6: Overview of nouns and adjectives Chapter 7: Nouns and adjectives, singular Chapter 8: Nouns, plural Chapter 9: Adjectives, plural Chapter 10: The construct state Chapter 11: Possessive suffixes Chapter 12: The dual Chapter 13: Prepositions Part three - Strong verbs Chapter 14: Overview of verbs Chapter 15: The present Chapter 16: The preterite Chapter 17: The perfect Chapter 18: The stative and the verbal adjective Chapter 19: Verbs with accusative, dative and ventive suffixes Chapter 20: The imperative Chapter 21: The precative Chapter 22: The infinitive Part four: Weak and irregular verbs Chapter 23: III-weak verbs Chapter 24: I-weak verbs Chapter 25: II-weak verbs Chapter 26: I-w verbs Chapter 27: Doubly weak verbs Chapter 28: Three irregular verbs Part five - Clauses into sentences Chapter 29: Verbless clauses Chapter 30: Joining clauses into sentences Chapter 31: Particularities of relative clauses with sa Chapter 32: The interrelation of clauses Part six - Further topics Chapter 33: The Gtn, Dtn and Stn systems Chapter 34: The Gt, Dt and St systems Chapter 35: Participles Chapter 36: Adverbs Chapter 37: Independent pronouns Chapter 38: Quadrilateral verbs Chapter 39: Numbers Chapter 40: Cuneiform: some worked examples Chapter 41: The main features of Assyrian Chapter 42: Taking things further Part seven - Reference Chapter 43: Some common words Chapter 44: The main features of syllabic spellings Chapter 45: Summary of strong verbs' cores and suffixes Chapter 46: Forming nouns and patterns Chapter 47: Some sound changes