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2016
Abstract Sumerian is a language of ancient Iraq. It is ergative and has no known relatives. Attested from the early 3rd millennium bce, it remained a living language until c. 1900 bce but was still used in the Common Era (chiefly in the context of temple liturgy). It survives on tens of thousands of cuneiform tablets.
Martin Worthington, Mark Chetwood
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Abstract Sumerian is a language of ancient Iraq. It is ergative and has no known relatives. Attested from the early 3rd millennium bce, it remained a living language until c. 1900 bce but was still used in the Common Era (chiefly in the context of temple liturgy). It survives on tens of thousands of cuneiform tablets.
Martin Worthington, Mark Chetwood
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Notes on Sumerian Lexicography, I
Journal of Cuneiform Studies, 1966The existence of a verb tB.DAM-z a is commonly accepted in the Sumerological literature: Van Dijk Sagesse 10; E. I. Gordon JCS 12 62; A. Sjoberg Mondgott I 1789; Romer SKH 182. Its meaning is given uniformly as "to be(come) angry", and only Van Dijk and Romer by capitalizing fB.DAM have expressed some doubts about the reading.
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Journal for Semitics, 2020
A Sumerian Hypothesis is developed to explain the origin of the large amount of Mesopotamian material appearing in the primeval history of Genesis 1–11 (found throughout all parts of the primeval history). Various features of the primeval history are considered and compared with Sumerian/Akkadian features, including worldview, motifs, and stories as ...
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A Sumerian Hypothesis is developed to explain the origin of the large amount of Mesopotamian material appearing in the primeval history of Genesis 1–11 (found throughout all parts of the primeval history). Various features of the primeval history are considered and compared with Sumerian/Akkadian features, including worldview, motifs, and stories as ...
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2015
The original name of the language has not, however, been revived by modern scholars. The other extinct language from the ancient Middle East for which we have extensive records is Akkadian, first attested in names appended to Sumerian texts. Being a Semitic language with modern counterparts, Akkadian is much better understood than Sumerian.
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The original name of the language has not, however, been revived by modern scholars. The other extinct language from the ancient Middle East for which we have extensive records is Akkadian, first attested in names appended to Sumerian texts. Being a Semitic language with modern counterparts, Akkadian is much better understood than Sumerian.
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