Course Information

Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
MARİ LETTERS	SUM226	4. Semester	4 + 0	4.0	6.0

Prerequisites

None

Language of Instruction	Turkish
Course Level	Bachelor's Degree
Course Type	Compulsory
Mode of delivery	Lecture and practice
Course Coordinator
Instructors
Assistants
Goals	The aim of this course to strengthen the akkadian grammatical knowledge by reading the letters of kings in Old Babylonian age which were discovered in Mari.
Course Content	These letters, which belong to the old Babylonian Kings, are read and explained with background information and grammatical notes.
Learning Outcomes	1) Obtaining cuneiform texts written in Old Babylonian 2) Obtaining cuneiform texts written in Old Babylonian 3) Obtaining cuneiform texts written in Old Babylonian.

Week	Topics	Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques	Study Materials
1. Week	Studiying of Mari texts	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week	Studiying of Mari texts	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week	Studiying of Mari texts	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week	Studiying of Mari texts	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week	Studiying of Mari texts	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week	Studiying of Mari texts	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week	Studiying of Mari texts	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week	Studiying of Mari texts	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week	Studiying of Mari texts	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week	Studiying of Mari texts	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week	Studiying of Mari texts	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week	Studiying of Mari texts	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week	Studiying of Mari texts	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week	Studiying of Mari texts	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Recommended Sources

Akkadische Lesestücke, Theo Bauer, Roma 1953.

Archive Royal de Mari (ARM).

Chicago Assyrian Dictonary.

Concise Dictonary of Akkadian.

Manuel D'epigraphie Akkadienne, Rene Labat, Paris.

Reading The Past Cuneiform, C.B. Walker, London 1989.

Measurement and Evaluation Methods and Techniques

Examination

*DK = Course's Contrubution.

	0	1	2	3	4	5
Level of contribution	None	Very Low	Low	Fair	High	Very High

Event	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week)	14	4	56
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening)	14	2	28
Homework	2	4	8
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam	4	10	40
Final Exam	4	4	16
Time to prepare for Final Exam	4	10	40
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course			30