JHU-PTS Doctoral Symposium 
Fall 2024 Semester in Review 
DtrH: Books and Key Texts 
Does DtrH even exist? 
The Doyen of DtrH: Thomas Römer 
Hammurabi Cylinder (Sumerian Translation from Old Babylonian Original)
Introduction The following text (LIH 58; E4.3.6.12) is part of a bilingual Sumerian-Akkadian commemorative inscription wherein Hammurabi, the king of Babylon, boasts about his deeds... Read More
A Sumerian Legal Case (ditila): Claim of Property and a Slave (ITT 3/2, pl. 21, 5279; Volk #38)
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Introduction The following text is a Sumerian legal case, called a ditila, which recounts the litigant’s claim over property and a slave as well as... Read More
Rare Semitic Languages
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In the future, I will feature information about the rarer (or lesser-known) Semitic languages, such as Neo-Aramaic, Mandaic, Modern South Arabian, and minor Ethiopian Semitic... Read More
Two More (Online) Publications
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Introduction In a previous post, I drew your attention to Two New (Online) Publications which I wrote for the online Database of Religious History (DRH)... Read More
A Ugaritic Incantation against Snakebite (KTU 1.178 / RS 92.2014)
Introduction Later today, in my Advanced Ugaritic seminar, I will present and lead a discussion on KTU 1.178 (= RS 92.2014), a Ugaritic incantation against... Read More
Semitic Consonant Correspondences
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Introduction The impetus for this post is my regular need to pull up a chart of Semitic and/or Afro-Asiatic consonant correspondences, mostly for the languages... Read More
M. Richey: A (Brief) Literature Review
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Introduction Madadh Richey, Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible at Brandeis University, will be giving a department lecture at Johns Hopkins later today, April 10th, titled... Read More
Learn to Read Ancient Aramaic: E. Cook (2022), Chapter Two, “Orthography”
Introduction This is the second post in a series that provides a resource to learn or review Biblical Aramaic and its related (Middle) Aramaic dialects... Read More