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Laurea in Beni culturali - Enrollment from 2025/2026

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

CURRICULUM TIPO:

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2022/2023

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 MODUOLE AMONG THE FOLLOWING
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
Further activities
6
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Teaching code

4S02129

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-OR/03 - ASSYRIOLOGY

Period

2 A, 2 B

Learning objectives

The course is meant to provide the students with: a basic knowledge of the origin, contexts of production and use of writing in Mesopotamia and the ancient Near East, an introduction to the cuneiform epigraphic documentation and a basic knowledge of ancient Mesopotamia languages (Sumerian and Akkadian). Thanks to seminal classes, the students will acquire a basic competence to approach texts in their original languages, employ the fundamental tools of the philological work, improve their knowledge, awareness, critical autonomy and method in the study of ancient history, epigraphy and archaeological heritage, approach a more in-depth study of Mesopotamia and ancient Near Eastern textual patrimony.

Prerequisites and basic notions

General linguistic and grammatical competence.

Program

The first part of the course provides a general presentation of the contexts of written production in the Syro-Mesopotamian area beginning with the origin of writing and illustrating the main textual collections and archives and the various types of texts preserved. The main part of the course is devoted to the study of the Akkadian language (Assyro-Babylonian) and its main grammatical elements, to allow the students to read and translate a selection of texts with progressive grammatical complexity.

Bibliography

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Didactic methods

The classes are integrated with a seminar specially designed to guide and train the students in the reading and interpretation of the texts in Akkadian. The seminar includes basic notions of cuneiform and practical exercises on grammatical rules.

Learning assessment procedures

Final oral assessment. The purposes of the assessment are to verify the acquired knowledge; language skills; the ability of textual analysis.
The assessment will consist of questions on the topics treated during the course, the bibliography indicated during the lessons, the texts studied, those of the seminar included, and the synthesis provided in the slides.
Not attending students and Erasmus students are kindly requested to contact the teacher at the beginning of the course in order to agree on the programme and assessment modalities.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE

Evaluation criteria

The evaluation concerns: the acquisition of the specific language skills covered by the course, the ability to organize and apply the acquired knowledge and methodologies, correctness and expository properties.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The evaluation is expressed in thirtieths.

Exam language

italiano