2015/2016

2017/2018

DM270

L-OR/01 (HISTORY OF ANCIENT NEAR EAST)

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES

HUMANITIES

LETTERE ANTICHE

3°

1st semester (25/09/2017 - 10/01/2018)

6

36 lesson hours

Italian

ORAL TEST

MORA CLELIA (titolare) - 6 ECTS

To attend Part B, the student must have previously attended Part A of History of the ancient Near East

The purpose of the course is to provide an in-depth study of the notions on the institutional, politic, social and cultural history of the Ancient Near Eastern regions in the pre-classical period.

2nd part ('Modulo' B):
1. Aspects of society, religion and culture. The cuneiform script
2. The Gilgamesh Epic (text tradition, content , interpretation and recent studies)

In addition:
Introductory course to Akkadian language (optional)

Lectures

M. Liverani, Antico Oriente. Storia società economia, Laterza, Roma-Bari 1988 (o edizioni successive), Chapters: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12-22; due capitoli a scelta tra: 23, 27, 28, 29, 31; Epilogo.
Other bibl. references: M. Liverani, Uruk, La prima città, Roma-Bari 1998; J. Bottéro, Mesopotamia, Torino 1990, in particolare pp. 53-106 (on he cuneiform script); W. von Soden, Introduzione all’orientalistica antica, Brescia 1989; P. Matthiae, Prima lezione di archeologia orientale, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2005. F. D'Agostino, Gilgamesh. Il re, l'uomo, lo scriba, Roma 2017

For students who are not able to attend the classes: the book of M. Liverani, Antico Oriente. Storia società economia (see above); one of the volumes listed above.

Oral examination: Knowledge of the manual and of the topics discussed during the classes; the epic of gilgamesh (aspects and problems presented and discussed); translation of short parts of the Hammurabi code (akkadian language) or other alternative text (in Italian or English Language)

Oral examination: Knowledge of the manual and of the topics discussed during the classes; the epic of gilgamesh (aspects and problems presented and discussed); translation of short parts of the Hammurabi code (akkadian language) or other alternative text (in Italian or English Language)