AWAS 1800 S01 [CRN: 24441]
This course will explore the development of written traditions among the scribes of the Ancient Near East. Topics covered include the mechanics of writing on clay tablets, the training of scribes and the school curriculum, the status of scribes in society, the development of literary and scholarly traditions, the creation of tablet archives, and the range of scholarship (eg science, medicine, ritual, literature) found in the ancient near east.
- Term
- Spring 2013
- Credit Hours
- 1.0
- Maximum Enrollment
- 999
- Primary Instructor
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- Meetings
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2:30 pm - 3:50 pm Tue, Thu - from Jan 23, 2013 to May 17, 2013
- Exam Group Code
- 11 (May 10, 2013 9:00am)
