AN N EA 140AElementary Sumerian
Ancient Near East · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Introduction to Sumerian, oldest cuneiform language, with examples attested in Mesopotamia from 3rd millennium BCE to 1st century CE. Elementary grammar, syntax, and overview of cuneiform as used by Sumerian. Focus on structure of nominal and verbal chain, through reading of basic royal inscriptions and other texts.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
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