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๐’Œ“ ๐’€ญ ๐’†  ๐’€€ ๐’‰† ๐’‹ป ๐’Š‘ ๐’•

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I'm in E Portland, a stone's throw from Division

Reach me at curtpw((at))gmail.com

Iโ€™m organizing a Sumerian and Akkadian language study/book group. Donโ€™t worry, Iโ€™m a novice myself. Iโ€™m flexible about the subject material if people are more interested in reading about Sumerian art/history/religion - any of that would help me get motivated with Sumerian grammar.

If ๐’Œ“๐’€ญ๐’† ๐’€€๐’‰† ๐’‹ป๐’Š‘๐’•, and you have a background in Assyriology and related persuits, I would love to get your help. Iโ€™m willing to put quite a bit of effort into this if someone wants to collaborate.

Sumerian and Akkadian? Akkadian was the lingua franca of mesopotamia for thousands of years. Babylonian and Assyrian are dialects of Akkadian.

Sumerian is more than just the founding language of mesopotamia. Long after the fall of Ur it continued to fulfill a crucial religious and spiritual role. Sumerian is the language spoken before the flood when divinity still walked the earth.

๐’Œ“๐’€ญ๐’†  ๐’€€ ๐’‰† ๐’‹ป ๐’Š‘ ๐’•
๐’‚Š๐’ˆจ ๐’ƒฒ ๐’†ท ๐’Š• ๐’€ญ ๐’ˆช ๐’‰Œ๐’Œˆ ๐’…
๐’‚—๐’†ค ๐’‚Š ๐’‚— ๐’Šฉ๐’Œ† ๐’„ˆ ๐’ช ๐’…† ๐’ฃ ๐’ˆฌ ๐’‡
๐’Œท ๐’ˆจ ๐’€€ ๐’ƒป ๐’ŒŒ ๐’‰บ ๐’‰† ๐’Œ“๐’บ
๐’„˜ ๐’‰ ๐’‰†๐’„„
๐’†ค ๐’‡ฒ ๐’„˜ ๐’‰ ๐’‰† ๐’„„
๐’„˜ ๐’‰ ๐’‰† ๐’„„
๐’€€ ๐’ˆช ๐’‚— ๐’‰† ๐’€ฏ ๐’‰Ž ๐’… ๐’…
๐’‚—๐’†ค๐’‡ฒ ๐’†ค ๐’„˜๐’ƒผ ๐’€€๐’€ญ ๐’€€ ๐’„ญ๐’‚ต ๐’‰† ๐’บ
๐’‚ ๐’‚Š ๐’ˆ— ๐’‰ ๐’…— ๐’€ ๐’Œค
๐’‚๐’ ๐’ˆจ ๐’‰ ๐’€ญ ๐’†  ๐’€€ ๐’‰บ ๐’Œ“๐’บ๐’ˆฌ ๐’€๐’†ค
๐’‰บ๐’‹ผ๐’‹› ๐’‡ฝ ๐’‚ผ ๐’„ฐ ๐’‰Œ ๐’‚ท ๐’‚ท
๐’ƒป๐’ƒฒ๐’ƒฒ๐’†ท ๐’ˆช ๐’‰Œ ๐’Šฌ๐’Šฌ
๐’„ž ๐’ŒŒ ๐’ŒŒ ๐’บ ๐’‹› ๐’…Ž ๐’ฒ ๐’ฒ ๐’‚Š
๐’‰† ๐’‹ป ๐’Š ๐’Š• ๐’ˆฌ ๐’Œˆ ๐’…
๐’‚๐’†ฌ๐’†• ๐’‰ˆ ๐’„˜ ๐’‰ ๐’ˆฌ ๐’Œˆ ๐’ฃ
๐’ˆ—๐’‰Œ ๐’…• ๐’Œ“ ๐’‰ˆ๐’ˆช๐’…—
๐’…—๐’Œค ๐’€€ ๐’‚— ๐’Šฉ๐’Œ† ๐’„ˆ ๐’ช ๐’Š ๐’…† ๐’ˆฌ ๐’‰Œ ๐’ƒฎ๐’€€๐’€ญ
๐’‚๐’€€ ๐’‰Œ ๐’†• ๐’€ ๐’ˆฌ ๐’ˆพ๐’…—
๐’‚ ๐’ ๐’ˆจ ๐’‰ ๐’ƒฒ ๐’ƒฒ ๐’†ท ๐’€€๐’€ญ
๐’…† ๐’ˆฌ ๐’ˆพ ๐’‰Œ ๐’ƒป
๐’…—๐’Œค ๐’€€๐’‚ต ๐’‰Œ ๐’‹ค ๐’บ ๐’€€๐’€ญ
๐’…— ๐’‚Š ๐’ˆช ๐’‰Œ ๐’…‡
๐’‚ต๐’ˆพ๐’€Š ๐’…—๐’‚ต ๐’ˆพ๐’‚ต๐’ˆพ๐’€Š๐’…—
๐’…— ๐’€ ๐’„ฉ ๐’ˆฌ ๐’• ๐’บ
๐’‰บ๐’‡ป ๐’ˆจ ๐’‰† ๐’‰ฃ ๐’‰Œ ๐’Š• ๐’ˆ  ๐’€Š
๐’ƒป ๐’ˆช ๐’†ค ๐’ˆ  ๐’€Š ๐’บ๐’€€๐’‚ท
๐’‰ ๐’‰ก ๐’ช
๐’‚ผ ๐’ˆฌ ๐’ˆ  ๐’ˆฌ ๐’ˆฌ๐’‚ต ๐’ˆพ ๐’บ
๐’‚—๐’ˆจ๐’‡ท ๐’†ฌ ๐’ช ๐’ˆจ ๐’‹ผ ๐’ˆพ ๐’ˆฌ
๐’Šฉ๐’†ช ๐’€ญ ๐’Œ“๐’ˆฃ๐’€๐’† ๐’‹ณ ๐’‹ซ ๐’ˆฌ
๐’‰ ๐’„ฉ ๐’ˆ  ๐’…†๐’Š’ ๐’‰ˆ
๐’ˆฃ๐’‹ฝ ๐’Š ๐’ˆพ ๐’„Š ๐’‰† ๐’ˆช ๐’บ
๐’Œท ๐’‰Œ ๐’€ ๐’€€๐’‡‰ ๐’€ ๐’บ ๐’€€ ๐’ˆฃ ๐’ˆฌ ๐’‰Œ ๐’Š‘
๐’€€๐’‡‰ ๐’‰ˆ ๐’„พ ๐’†ท ๐’‚Š ๐’†ณ ๐’†ญ ๐’‰Œ ๐’‹› ๐’…‹ ๐’‚Š
๐’€๐’‚ถ๐’‚ ๐’€€๐’‡‰ ๐’‰ˆ ๐’‡ฒ ๐’€€ ๐’‚Š ๐’…Ž ๐’‹พ ๐’€€ ๐’‹ซ
๐’ƒป ๐’‰ˆ ๐’‹ณ ๐’€€ ๐’ˆน ๐’‰Œ ๐’Œค
๐’ˆ— ๐’€ ๐’‚ถ ๐’Š ๐’ˆฌ ๐’ˆพ ๐’บ ๐’ˆฌ ๐’ˆพ
๐’Œจ๐’Š• ๐’ŠŠ ๐’ฃ๐’‚ต ๐’ƒฎ ๐’ƒป ๐’‰ก ๐’Œ‡
๐’Šฉ๐’Œ† ๐’„ˆ ๐’ช ๐’ช๐’€Š ๐’€€ ๐’ƒฒ ๐’ฒ
๐’‚—๐’†ค ๐’€€ ๐’‰ช ๐’……
๐’Œจ ๐’Š• ๐’ˆ  ๐’€€ ๐’…— ๐’ฃ๐’‚ต ๐’ˆฌ ๐’Š ๐’€Š ๐’ƒป
๐’Šฉ๐’Œ† ๐’„ˆ ๐’‹ข ๐’‚ ๐’ช๐’‚ต ๐’ˆฌ ๐’Š ๐’†•
๐’ˆจ ๐’‚ต ๐’ˆฌ ๐’Š ๐’€Š ๐’ŒŒ
๐’Šฉ๐’†ช ๐’ช ๐’Œ‰ ๐’‰ฃ ๐’„€ ๐’Œ… ๐’•
๐’‰ช ๐’…… ๐’ˆจ ๐’‹ผ ๐’ˆพ ๐’Šฉ๐’Œ† ๐’‚š ๐’€ญ ๐’Š‘ ๐’‰ˆ ๐’†ค
๐’Šฉ๐’†ช ๐’€ญ ๐’Œ“๐’ˆฃ๐’€๐’† ๐’‹ณ ๐’‹ซ ๐’ˆฌ
๐’„Š๐’‰ ๐’„ฉ ๐’ˆ  ๐’‚ท ๐’‚ท
๐’…— ๐’Œค ๐’€€ ๐’‰Œ ๐’€ ๐’Œ‡ ๐’€€๐’€ญ
๐’ˆ— ๐’€€ ๐’‰Œ ๐’€ฌ๐’€ฌ ๐’บ ๐’ช ๐’‰Œ ๐’…— ๐’Œค ๐’€€
๐’‚— ๐’Šฉ๐’Œ† ๐’„ˆ ๐’‹ข ๐’†ค ๐’€ ๐’‹พ
๐’‚ ๐’€ ๐’‚ถ ๐’…— ๐’‰Œ ๐’€
๐’‰บ๐’‹ผ๐’‹› ๐’†ค ๐’‚ท ๐’‰ ๐’„ญ ๐’†  ๐’ˆฟ ๐’€€ ๐’‰Œ ๐’€ ๐’บ
๐’ƒป ๐’‰ˆ ๐’‹ณ ๐’€€ ๐’ˆน ๐’‰Œ ๐’Œค
๐’†ฌ๐’‚ท ๐’‰ ๐’„ญ ๐’Š ๐’ˆฌ ๐’ˆพ๐’บ