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| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7017 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes  Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 1 of 6 26 November 2011 at 12:51pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm not sure if:
(a) this has been mentioned already, (b) this book is new, (c) how it's worthwhile, but... I've gone ahead and bought a copy since it was 39% off (at the time of writing). 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| WentworthsGal Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4890 days ago 191 posts - 246 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Swedish, Spanish | Message 2 of 6 26 November 2011 at 1:09pm | IP Logged | ||
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Ooh this sounds good! If it teaches you how to read cuneiform you'll be able to read the script on a few episodes of Stargate SG1... My Mum did this once on a tv programme that showed a note in shorthand (what secretaries use to take notes quickly). They had written something witty and funny along the lines of "if you can read this note...". It was funny :o) don't forget to let us know how you find the book, if it's any good :o)
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| Hampie Diglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 6661 days ago 625 posts - 1009 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: Latin, German, Mandarin | Message 3 of 6 26 November 2011 at 2:26pm | IP Logged | ||
It will teach Akkadian in the traditional fashion but leaves out the cuneiform script. It teaches both Standard and Old Babylonian parallelly. If you grow fond of Akkadian you might want a book with cuneiform (A Manual of Akkadian) or something that covers grammar more comprehensively (A Grammar of Akkadian) — though they’re not cheap… This page is for free, though! http://knp.prs.heacademy.ac.uk/cuneiformrevealed/akkadianlan guage/ 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Michael K. Senior Member United States Joined 5731 days ago 568 posts - 886 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Esperanto | Message 4 of 6 26 November 2011 at 3:36pm | IP Logged | ||
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Moses McCormick made a review of the book earlier this year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz3V4P73oIM 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4911 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 5 of 6 26 November 2011 at 9:19pm | IP Logged | ||
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I love the fact that, like all the other TY Complete courses, the cover has a stamp which says "Everything you need to read and understand". Forget reading cuneiform... I've often been in situations when I wished I could understand Babylonian!
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| BartoG Diglot Senior Member United States confession Joined 5449 days ago 292 posts - 818 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Italian, Spanish, Latin, Uzbek | Message 6 of 6 28 November 2011 at 1:34am | IP Logged | ||
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Teach Yourself Complete Babylonian is certainly not complete in that its coverage of cuneiform is next to nil. However, it's great for getting a feel for what's involved in learning Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian, both with regards to the East Semitic languages and with regard to going from cuneiform to transliteration to normalization if you want a decent idea what the passage sounded like or a coherent passage on which to base your translation. (That is, while the cuneiform is lacking, the guidance on normalizing transliterated texts far excels what's found in most other sources.)
This is a great book to use alongside Marcus' Manual of Akkadian (mentioned above, and often available used for $15 or $20 on Amazon), with Worthington laying the foundation and Marcus giving you a chance to work with cuneiform text for real after you've got enough background that the denser explanations and lack of a key aren't so worrying. For the record, I haven't used the most revered of the Akkadian programs, Huehnergard's Grammar of Akkadian, as it and the accompanying answer key will set you back some serious dollars. But if you want to learn enough to work through Babylonian texts and follow along with something like the SEAL archives (Google Akkadian corpus), Worthington and Marcus will give you a good foundation for starting to understand old and standard Babylonian texts. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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