Learn to Read Ancient Sumerian: An Introduction for Complete Beginners, Volume Two

by Joshua Bowen, Megan Lewis

“Learn to Read Ancient Sumerian” gave you the basic tools to understand the world’s oldest written language, now Volume Two gives you the detail and nuance that you’ve been waiting for! Written in clear, easy-to-understand language, this book builds on knowledge learned in Volume One, with plenty of translation exercises to help solidify your learning.

Using an authentic, ancient Sumerian story, "The Curse of Agade" as a teaching tool, this book provides further details on topics such as case, verbal prefixes, and non-finite verbal forms, and introduces new concepts including the Sumerian numbering system and DIRI compounds.

194 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 31, 2023

About the author

Dr. Joshua Aaron Bowen graduated from the Johns Hopkins University in 2017, with a Ph.D. in Assyriology. He wrote his dissertation on the lamentational liturgies of the city of Kiš, and specializes in the Sumerian language. Joshua was awarded the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (D.A.A.D.) and Fulbright scholarship during the 2014-2015 academic year, allowing him to spend the year in Tubingen, Germany, working with Dr. Konrad Volk on his dissertation project.

As well as his Ph.D., Josh holds a B.S. in Religion from Liberty University, a Th.M. in the Old Testament from Capital Bible Seminary, and a M.A. in Near Eastern Studies from the Johns Hopkins University. Prior to entering academia, Joshua was a chaplain in the U.S. Airforce where he also gained an A.A. in Avionics.