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| //Description//: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum | //Description//: The Graeco-Babyloniaca are a unique set of texts which feature Akkadian and Sumerian cuneiform on one side and a transliteration of this text inscribed in Greek characters on the other. It seems most likely that these texts were used to teach the correct pronunciation of Akkadian and Sumerian religious and ritual texts to Babylonians who had by now lost touch with their traditional tongue. They would have spoken Aramaic as their first language and had a good knowledge of Greek, the language in which the Hellenistic east conducted business and paid taxes. The Greek characters were probably used in place of Aramaic ones because of their ability to convey vowel sounds, although some Greek consonants might not have corresponded well to Semitic ones. Based on Greek paleography, these texts likely date to sometime between the second and first century BC. |
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| | The Graeco-Babyloniaca are a witness to a cuneiform culture in decline. Cuneiform was still taught, but clearly to students who were now more familiar with Greek than with the words and script of Babylon's past. |
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| //Edition(s)//: | //Edition(s)//: Geller, M.J. 1997. ‘The Last Wedge’. //Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archäologie//. Vol. 87, Issue 1: 43–95. |
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