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	=𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑 Akkadian =		=𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑 Akkadian =
	== Dictionaries ==		== Dictionaries ==

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=𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑 Akkadian =
== Dictionaries ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Resource
! Description
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20211024041551/http://www.itanakh.org/languages/akkadian/index.htm Chicago Assyrian Dictionary]
| A massive collection.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20211024041551/http://www.assyrianlanguages.org/akkadian/search.php Akkadian Dictionary]
| An online resource.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20211024041551/http://www.klinopis.cz/utf/utf/sj.php Provisional Dictionary of Old Babylonian Akkadian]
| With clickable buttons for character entry.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20211024041551/http://archive.org/stream/AConsiceDictionaryAkkadian/CDA_w_corr_djvu.txt A Conciser Dictionary of Akkadian]
| In .txt format.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20211024041551/http://cdli.ox.ac.uk/wiki/sign_lists List of Sign Lists]
| Part of the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. Downloads of many older books.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20211024041551/http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/doc/help/languages/akkadian/akkadianroots/index.html Index of Akkadian Roots]
| Quite a long list, actually.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20211024041551/http://www.alain.be/akkadien.html List of Signs]
| A list of Akkadian signs; site is in French.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20211024041551/http://www.aina.org/articles/akkadianwords.pdf Akkadian Words in Modern Assyrian]
| A wordlist.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20211024041551/http://www.helsinki.fi/~whiting/intbab.html Glossary of 1000 Old Babylonian words]
| Other resources are on this page, as well.
|}

== Grammars ==
{| class="wikitable"
| Resource
| Description
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230924080602/http://oi.uchicago.edu/pdf/mad2.pdf Old Akkadian Writing and Grammar]
| A textbook that is not that old. A very good resource.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230924080602/http://128.97.6.202/EL2/Buccellati_1997_Akkadian_IN_The_Semitic_Languages.pdf Akkadian Linguistics]
| About 30 pages of text which cover may different grammar topics.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230924080602/http://www.sron.nl/~jheise/akkadian/akkadian.html Akkadian Linguistics II]
| Not fully comprehensive, but has explanations of many grammatical concepts and is easy to navigate.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230924080602/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkadian#Grammar Wikipedia's Grammar]
| Very useful, and can be made into a different file format easily.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230924080602/http://www.languagesgulper.com/eng/Akkadian.html Languages Gulper]
| Some introduction to the linguistics of Akkadian.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230924080602/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JggfiiLTxMI&feature=channel&list=UL You Can Write in Akkadian]
| No you can't, actually, but you'll be able to write a few words at least after watching these videos.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230924080602/http://www.helsinki.fi/~whiting/intbab.html Introductory course for Old Babylonian]
| Some great resources online for learning this middle-period dialect.
|}

== Charts & Aids ==
{| class="wikitable"
| Resource
| Description
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230924082506/http://www.sron.nl/~jheise/akkadian/Welcome_list.html Cuneiform Sign-Lists Online]
| A few different lists.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230924082506/http://www.sron.nl/~jheise/akkadian/title.html Translating Cuneiform]
| A helpful set of steps with links to different books and print resources.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230924082506/http://www.lexicity.com/downloads/akkadian_grammar_wiki.pdf Akkadian Grammar]
| A PDF file.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20230924082506/http://www.helsinki.fi/~whiting/intbab.html Akkadian Nouns and Verbs]
| Scroll down for nouns, adjectives, pronouns, and verb charts. Yay!
|}

== Texts ==

{| class="wikitable"
| Resource
| Description
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20211024020201/http://cdli.ucla.edu/ Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative]
| Links to many different holdings of cuneiform items.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20211024020201/http://www.seal.uni-leipzig.de/ SEAL]
| Not the guy who sings the song from that Batman movie--better! Sources of Early Akkadian Literature. An online resource for viewing many different texts. A wonderful collection!
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20211024020201/http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~n53/nineveh/index.htm Babylonian Nineveh Texts]
| A database which is hard to navigate if you're not already familiar with the material.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20211024020201/http://www.sron.nl/~jheise/akkadian/enuma1.pdf Part of Enuma Elis Tablet 1]
| In PDF format.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20211024020201/http://www.sron.nl/~jheise/akkadian/prologue.ps Codex Hammurabi Prologue]
| In .ps format.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20211024020201/http://www.piney.com/BabIndex.html Translations of Ancient Babylonian Texts]
| Scroll to the bottom to get to the translations. Also has some basic information about the culture.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20211024020201/http://www.jcu.edu/Bible/200/Readings/EnumaElish.pdf Akkadian Myth and Epics]
| Some translated texts.
|}

== Other Resources ==

{| class="wikitable"
| Resource
| Description
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20211024034340/https://www.dropbox.com/s/3njzv18t2u2qdh5/massive-akkad-bib.pdf?dl=0 Massive Akkadian Bibliography]
| Mentally prepare yourself before opening this one.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20211024034340/http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/3139/1/PAGE_31-71.pdf Babylonian and Assyrian: A History of Akkadian]
| A very good, long article on the history of Akkadian
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20211024034340/http://128.97.6.202/pages/911c.htm Bibliography of Urkesh and the Hurrians]
| A collection of many resources related to the area.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20211024034340/http://www.piney.com/BabIndex.html Ancient Babylonia]
| Assorted topics of culture and history. Scroll to the bottom to see them.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20211024034340/http://history-world.org/akkadians.htm The Akkadians]
| An online repository of information on the Akkadians.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20211024034340/http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=111&ved=0CFsQFjAAOG4&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.markville.ss.yrdsb.edu.on.ca%2Fhistory%2F16th%2FAncient_Civ_Akkad_Power_Point.ppt&ei=jcLcT-nPNcPc2gX9wbS3DQ&usg=AFQjCNEPMiAOV_XucVzmq54aKpxyCd2Y5w Akkad: The Presentation]
| See also the upcoming Akkad: Live in Vegas show.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20211024034340/http://www.sron.nl/~jheise/akkadian/m_index.html A Bird's Eye View of Mesopotamia]
| Gives information on mythology, geography, people, and other items.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20211024034340/http://ling.umd.edu/~bridget/pdfs/akkadian.pdf Phonological Representation in Akkadian Orthography]
| A short, interesting discussion of the phonology of Akkadian and some of the shortcomings of the Sumerian script.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20211024034340/http://cdli.ucla.edu/?q=publications/journal Cuneiform Digital Library Journal]
| An online journal with many articles.
|-
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20211024034340/http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/menu.html Mesopotomia at the British Museum]
| A nice online presentation.
|}

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Panglossa at 16:39, 18 March 2025