Dictionary of Akkadian Language Links Modern Civilization with Ancient OriginsBackground here and links.
Greg Flakus | Houston, Texas June 09, 2011
“Better late than never” might be the motto scholars could apply to the completion of a comprehensive dictionary of a language that has not been spoken for more than 2,000 years. It took nearly a century, but scholars at the University of Chicago say they have now completed the definitive dictionary of Akkadian, which was spoken in ancient Mesopotamia during the time when the first civilizations began to flourish there.
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Friday, June 10, 2011
CAD completion again
THE COMPLETION OF THE CHICAGO ASSYRIAN DICTIONARY is celebrated in another article: