A page for useful books or resources for your own research.
Format | Books will be in American Psychology Association format, followed by our notes (if needed). Notes will appear in () directly after the APA citation. URLs will be links with a brief description (not in APA).
Key topics will be alphabetically sorted, and resources under each topic will also be alphabetically sorted within the topic. For learning languages, all entries will start with “Learning”.
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Research Resources
Atlantis
Courville, M. P. (2022). Ancient navigators: Phoenician colony of Atlantis. M.P. Courville. (A fantastic collection of research on the Atlantis topic.)
Plato. (2017). The Atlantis Dialogue: The original story of the lost city, civilization, continent, and empire. Shepard Publications. (The original account of Plato.)
Learning Akkadian
Huehnergard, J. (2011). A grammar of Akkadian (3rd ed.). Eisenbrauns. (A comprehensive manual for the entire language. Includes a lengthy dictionary.)
Learning Demotic
PDF for Demotic Manual: https://isac.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/shared/docs/saoc45.pdf
Learning Sumerian | Language Resources
Cohen, M. E. (2023). An annotated Sumerian dictionary. Eisenbrauns. (Comprehensive dictionary of Sumerian).
Cuneiform Sign List: https://home.zcu.cz/~ksaskova/Sign_List.html
Hayes, J. L. (2018). A manual of Sumerian grammar and texts. Undena Publications. (A fantastic beginner’s guide, not a standalone tool)
Sumerian Literature
Black, J., Cunningham, G., Robson, E., & Zólyomi, G. (2006). The literature of ancient Sumer. Oxford University Press.
ETSCL (Electronic Corpus of Sumerian Literature) https://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/
Sumerian King List (with digital signs): https://communio-templorum.github.io/cuneiform-text-corpus/#!/etcsl/2.1.1
Ugaritic Resources
Ugaritic Narrative Poetry. (1997). Ugaritic narrative poetry (S. B. Parker, Ed.; translated by M. S. Smith, S. B. Parker, E. L. Greenstein, T. J. Lewis, & D. Marcus). Society of Biblical Literature. (A translation of key narrative tales).
USC (University of Southern California) Images of Ugaritic Tablets: https://digitallibrary.usc.edu/CS.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&VBID=2A3BXZS3K8SER&PN=1&WS=SearchResults
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