Download pdf the sumerian dictionary of the university. Reed, in the pennsylvania sumerian dictionary, university of pennsylvania, 2006. They are however intended as a reference for the translation of the provided hittite texts, not as general lexicons. Sumerian cuneiform english dictionary 120ct 16i14 pdf.
Civil 1967 daniel a foxvog lecturer in assyriology retired university of california at berkeley revised january 2016 not for citation a glossary suitable for the first several years of instruction, with emphasis on the. Lexicon of 3766 words in the ancient sumerian language. The pennsylvania sumerian dictionary project is carried out in the babylonian section of the university of pennsylvania museum of anthropology and archaeology. This program gives the cuneiform symbols and their definitions, and provides access to tablets and translations. The pennsylvania sumerian dictionary psd is a project to compile a comprehensive dictionary of the sumerian language. Download pdf the sumerian dictionary of the university museum. Sumerian dictionary every letter must be pronounced.
Os old sumerian period 25002350 bc oakk old akkadian sargonic period 23502150 bc ur iii 3rd ur dynasty neosumerian period 21502000 bc. Download the sumerian lexicon as an adobe acrobat pdf file. A collated list of indexes and glossaries to the secondary. The sumerian dictionary of the university museum of the. Thats why i have combined the list taken from the link above with the karachaibalkarian coincidences in the sumerian from. Ir 15 native tongue is the language of ancient sumer and a language isolate that was spoken in mesopotamia modernday iraq and in syria. The sumerian and akkadian lexicons are far from complete. Click download or read online button to get the sumerian dictionary book now.
You will find better resources for these languages on other sites such as the sumerian language page. The psd is preparing an exhaustive dictionary of the sumerian language which aims to be useful to nonspecialists as well as sumerologists. Sumerian cuneiform english dictionary 120ct 26i14 pdf. By 1975 a combination of factors coalesced to make the sumerian dictionary project both feasible and attractive. The sumerian language of ancient sumer was spoken in southern mesopotamia from at least 3000 bc, it was replaced by akkadian as a spoken language at about 2000 bc, but continued to be used as a sacred, ceremonial and scientific language in mesopotamia until about o ad and then was forgotten until the 19th century. Although only sumerian males went to school, women did have rights. The pennsylvania sumerian dictionary pennsylvania sumerian dictionary project university of pennsylvania. Theres a link that supposedly goes to pdf files of the print version but its a. The electronic pennsylvania sumerian dictionary epsd epsd is an online lexicon of sumerian, the worlds earliest written language which has no relatives, living or dead.
A major desideratum for the new dictionary is utility. The project is housed at the penn museum because of its outstanding collection of ancient scribal excercises in sumerian. In addition, we are developing tools and datasets for working with the sumerian language and its textcorpora. The genesis of the electronic pennsylvania sumerian dictionary. The electronic pennsylvania sumerian dictionary epsd. In addition, we are developing tools and datasets for working with the. Publication date 201007 usage public domain mark 1. But this fact should be stated in the foreword, not tucked away in the list of bibliographical abbreviations p. The pennsylvania sumerian dictionary psd is a project to compile a comprehensive. The sumerian dictionary of the university museum of the university of pennsylvania, volume 2. Pdf sumerian cuneiform english dictionary 120ct 16i14 pdf.
Konrad volks a sumerian reader studia pohl series maior 18, rome, 1997 is a good beginning. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Sumerian cuneiform english dictionary 120ct 26i14 pdf by peter hogan, tara hogan. Sumerian dictionary university museum pennsylvania volume. Thats pretty cool even if it hasnt been completely shaken out. Sumerian records, an american record label based in washington, d. Os old sumerian period 25002350 bc oakk old akkadian sargonic period 23502150 bc ur iii 3rd ur dynasty neo sumerian period 21502000 bc. The sumerian dictionary of the university museum of the university of pennsylvania. Historical and religious texts from the temple library of nippur mlunchen. Here are some links to internet programs that are very useful for anyone studying sumerology. The pennsylvania sumerian dictionary, by babylonian section of the university of pennsylvania, museum of anthropology and archaeology. The sumerian dictionary download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl. Peter pdf sumerian cuneiform english dictionary, in that case you come on to right website.
The sumerian gods personified local elements and natural forces. Search terms are looked up in epsd, the sumerian dictionary, if dictionary is selected on the left. Sumerian dictionary of the university of pennsylvania should be called psd for pennsylvania sumerian dictionary. The pennsylvania sumerian dictionary project is one of the worlds greatest projects in the humanities and it serves to keep the university museum and the university of pennsylvania in the forefront of assyriological studies. The sumerian dictionary of the university museum of the university. Sumerian cuneiform english dictionary 120ct mugsar 26i14 pdf. Jan 02, 2014 welcome to the new version of the electronic pennsylvania sumerian dictionary, epsd2. Sjoberg, with his deep interest in philology, seized the opportunity offered by the tools division of the national endowment for the humanities and applied for a major grant to write the pennsylvania sumerian dictionary. Pdf sumerian cuneiform english dictionary 120ct 16i14. During the 3rd millennium bc, an intimate cultural symbiosis developed between the sumerians and the semiticspeaking akkadians, which included widespread bilingualism. The pennsylvania sumerian dictionary university of pennsylvania. Profile of sumerian an overview of sumerian in wikipedia.
I know that there is an electronic version called the epsd on the web but im having trouble finding out about the print version, if one exists. Akkadian called sumerian sumerian dictionary turkic world. Almost 4,000 years ago, a young scribe sat in a sunny courtyard in the ancient city of. It is funded by the national endowment for the humanities and private contributions. Upon completing this introduction, the student will be well prepared to progress to sign learning and reading of texts. Philadelphia the psd is preparing an exhaustive dictionary of the sumerian language which aims to be useful to nonspecialists as well as sumerologists. Sumerian lexicon lexicon of 3766 words in the ancient sumerian language. Buy sumerian cuneiform english dictionary by ed peter isbn. Pdf on may, 2011, jennifer ball and others published talk dirty to me in. The dictionary will finally be issued after all these millennia by scholars at the university of pennsylvania, who, of course, have never heard the language spoken as it was, and have had to piece it together from the thousands of fragments on which the written language still survives, the most enduring legacy of mankinds first great. To change this, a team of language experts at the university of pennsylvania is working on an 18volume sumerian dictionary. If searched for a ebook by ed peter sumerian cuneiform english dictionary in pdf format, then you have come on to the faithful site. Welcome to the website of the pennsylvania sumerian dictionary project psd.
Anu the supreme god of heaven, enlil god of water, and ea god of magic were among the gods most worshipped by the sumerians. It is run out of the university of pennsylvania s museum of archaeology and anthropology and funded by both private donors and the national endowment for the humanities. Vowels a as in father e as in whey i as in antique o as in boat but rarely found u as in zulu consonants most consonants are basically the same as in english. Jan 04, 2016 panion elementary sumerian glossary or a modern substitute such as the online pennsylvania sumerian dictionary. Electronic pennsylvania sumerian dictionary book of. According to the pennsylvania sumerian dictionary, the triangular character. Here we provide listings of over 12,000 sumerian words, phrases and names, occurring in almost 100,000 distinct forms a total of over 2. The sumerians held the belief that a sacred ritual marriage between the ruler and inanna, goddess of love and fertility, brought rich harvests. The mugsar is the only standalone sumerian cuneiform dictionary for the founders of educaton, including the etymology of the word itself, 5000 years ago, in the world. In order to minimize downloads of this large file, once you have it, please use your acrobat reader to save it and retrieve it.
The electronic text corpus of sumerian literature, by the faculty of oriental studies, university of oxford. The influence of sumerian and the east semitic language. Dictionary makers put it online after discovering fast and loose is often preferable to slow and exhaustive. Sumerian grammar an introduction intended for firstyear graduate students. Jan 04, 2016 pennsylvania sumerian dictionary on the web.
A descriptive grammar of sumerian leiden repository. When i wrote the origin of sumerians in november 2012 gunduz, 2012, i mentioned in the introduction that dr. Electronic pennsylvania sumerian dictionary book of mormon. Download the sumerian dictionary of the university museum of the university of pennsylvania or read the sumerian dictionary of the university museum of the university of pennsylvania online. Sumerian lexicon pdf the following lexicon contains 1, 255 sumerian logogram words and 2, 511 sumerian. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. It concludes with a sketch of a number of theo logical, ethical, and literary ideas of the sumerians which seem. All the information ive found online seems to date from 2006 or earlier. The team expects the work to be done sometime in the 2000s. It would be nice if mugsars home could be our local university of nsw, with affiliation to a high school where tara might be going 2015year 7 like sydney girls or randwick girls. We furnish full version of this ebook in djvu, pdf, txt, epub, doc. Download the sumerian dictionary of the university museum of the university of pennsylvania or read the sumerian dictionary of the university museum of the university of. Thats the primary source for the 5000 entries of this online dictionary.