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With 6,400 entries, this is the most complete available lexicon of ancient Sumerian vocabulary. It replaces version 3 of the author's Sumerian Lexicon, which has served an audience of over 380,000 visitors at the web site sumerian[dot]org since 1999. This published version adds over 2,600 new entries, and corrects or expands many of the previous entries. Also, following the express wish of a majority of online lexicon users, it has merged together and sorted the logogram words and the compound words into purely alphabetical order. This book will be an indispensable reference for anyone trying to translate Sumerian texts. Also, due to the historical position of ancient Sumer as the world's first urban civilisation, cultural and linguistic archaeologists will discover a wealth of information for research.

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PublisherLogogram Publishing

ISBN-100978642902

ISBN-139780978642907

eBay Product ID (ePID)57019829

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Number of Pages336 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameSumerian Lexicon : a Dictionary Guide to the Ancient Sumerian Language

Publication Year2006

SubjectAncient Languages (See Also Latin)

TypeLanguage Course

Subject AreaForeign Language Study

AuthorJohn A. Halloran

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight20.2 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6.3 in

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LCCN2006-927550

Dewey Edition22

Reviews...Halloran?__s work stands with other trusted Sumerian lexical tools and even surpasses them in his description of grammatical elements. In this way his work istruly a ?__guide?__ to Sumerian in addition to being a thorough and compact dictionary. [...] the reader will find it a useful and informative addition to the bookshelf.', John Halloran?__s Sumerian Lexicon represents a very welcome addition to the reference tools every teacher and student of Sumerian should own. Reminiscent of the Cambridge Concise Dictionary of Akkadian that dispenses with original text citations, this simply formatted glossary of Sumerian offers the reader an up-to-date window into the rich vocabulary of a language 4000 years dead., John Halloran's Sumerian Lexicon represents a very welcome addition to the reference tools every teacher and student of Sumerian should own. Reminiscent of the Cambridge Concise Dictionary of Akkadian that dispenses with original text citations, this simply formatted glossary of Sumerian offers the reader an up-to-date window into the rich vocabulary of a language 4000 years dead., ...Halloran's work stands with other trusted Sumerian lexical tools and even surpasses them in his description of grammatical elements. In this way his work istruly a 'guide' to Sumerian in addition to being a thorough and compact dictionary. [...] the reader will find it a useful and informative addition to the bookshelf.', Hallorans important book deserves our highest appreciation and gratitude as a highly useful and user-friendly tool ad usum Delphini as well as for experienced Assyriologists and scholars in different fields approaching the obscure' Sumerian language and literature, Halloran has managed to collect an impressive range of Sumerian words, and the brief definitions make sense for most of the texts one reads with students.'

Age Range18-Up

Target AudienceCollege Audience

Dewey Decimal499/.95321

Lc Classification NumberPj4037