11 Dec
Cuneiform Lexical Lists
Believe it or not, Akkadian scribes left behind bilingual dictionaries (Sumerian-Akkadian) that provided the key to later European scholars deciphering the meaning of many Sumerian words once Akkadian was cracked. These dictionaries are known as “lexical lists”. Today all major lexical texts have been published in the multi-volume set, Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon, begun [...]
