Steve Tinney is focussing his efforts on bringing Sumerian online. The Penn Sumerian Dictionary will be much more than a list of Sumerian words and their English meanings. It will also be accessible through an English-language interface that will include grouping of words conceptually and by object-type. Because the word-definitions will link to examples of usage in the online collections of Sumerian texts, the Sumerian Dictionary will be a gateway to early Mesopotamian culture. The team plans to augment the Dictionary with essays on concepts, material culture and ethnographic matters to enhance its cultural function.
Stephen J. Tinney
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Clark Research Associate Professor of Assyriology at PennAssociate Curator of the Babylonian Section at the Penn Museum
stinney@sas.upenn.edu(215) 898-7467
Office 231, Babylonian Section