The beginnings of Sumerology (II): from Delitzsch's grammar to Adam Falkenstein

• Autores: Erika Marsal
• Localización: Aula Orientalis: Revista de estudios del Próximo Oriente Antiguo, ISSN 0212-5730, Vol. 33, Nº. 2, 2015, págs. 255-269
• Idioma: inglés
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  • In the second part of this article on the history of Sumerology, the second generation of Sumerologists will be presented. With more cuneiform materials available, this group of scholars developed its research activity during the years preceding the Second World War and improved significantly our knowledge of Sumerian language. Sorne years after the war, Adam Falkenstein presented one of the most influential grammars of the Sumerian language in the 20th Century