Spring 2023

CUNEIF 100B 001 - LEC 001

Elementary Akkadian

Laurie Pearce

Jan 17, 2023 - May 05, 2023

12:30 pm - 03:29 pm

Social Sciences Building 12

Class #:31147

Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 9

Enrolled: 3

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 12

Waitlist Max: 5

No Reserved Seats

Hours & Workload

3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 11 hours of outside work hours per week.

Other classes by Laurie Pearce

Akkadian was the language of literature, diplomacy, law, commerce, religion, and technical knowledge in Mesopotamia (ancient Iraq). This course offers students the fundamentals in the language and cuneiform script in which the Hammurabi Laws, the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Babylonian Creation, along with many other texts, were written. The study of Akkadian will enable students to read the classics of Akkadian literature and understand the emergence and development of the earliest writing system, cities and states, social and economic structures, and religious beliefs. This course is approved for UC Berkeley majors in Linguistics and for the Near Eastern Civilization major.

Class Description

This course is a Pre-approved Linguistics Related Major Electives, and fills an L&S Arts and Literature and Historical Studies Breadth requirements, and a MELC undergraduate major requirement. Pre-requisite: Cun 100A, Elementary Akkadian.