Ment of Wonder

  • Language Journal: Akkadian || Week 3

    Huehnergard’s Grammar of Akkadian, Lesson Two This week I was seeing if I could figure out some sort of color coding to help with translation exercises. It’s still a work in progress to see what works best, but here’s an example from the Akkadian to English translation exercises. The idea was to distinguish gender (pink…

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  • Language Journal: Akkadian || Week 2

    Unfortunately, this week I was fussing about the technical aspects of blogging and getting my domain set up more than I was working on my Akkadian. I’m going to be taking a second week to work on Lesson Two, but in the meantime I figured I’d discuss what progress I did make. Huehnergard’s Lesson Two…

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  • Language Journal: Akkadian || Week 1

    Rather than a lesson plan on how to learn Akkadian, this is meant as a journal to both document my journey into the world of ancient languages, beginning with Akkadian and cuneiform, and to reach out to the community of people that I know must exist who are also interested. Some trying to track down…

    Domna Fyodorovna