LEARNING AKKADIAN

Further reading

 


A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies 45)
by John Huehnergard
Another simple yet very clear and powerful introduction to Akkadian, a teaching guide for beginners and loyal handbook for the advanced.
(additional: Key to a Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies, No 56))

 

   
A Manual of Akkadian
by David Marcus
Another guide for the pure beginner, which also introduces into the cuneiform system.
 
   
An Akkadian Handbook: Paradigms, Helps, Logograms and Sign Lists
by Douglas B. Miller and R. Mark Shipp
A reference handbook, a useful compilation.
 
   
Cuneiform (Reading the Past, Vol 3)
by C. B. F. Walker
History and Explanation of the cuneiform writing system
 

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