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Ancient Languages

 

Ancient Languages

Gilgamesh

Cuneiform

Akkadian language

Written Akkadian

Hittite language

Written Hittite

Sumerian

Hurrian

Ergativity

 

Mark has an interest in ancient languages written in the cuneiform script. In particular he has read texts in ancient Assyrian and Babylonian, which are dialects of Akkadian, as well as Hittite, Sumerian, and Hurrian.

He has also taught courses on ancient Mesopotamian literature in translation, including the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the world's great stories from ancient times.