DCSL taking shape
Apr 20, 2007 11:01:22 GMT -5
Post by us4-he2-gal2 on Apr 20, 2007 11:01:22 GMT -5
***EDIT - forgot to add the url..duh
dcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/ ****
Just a quick note to on the development of the DCSL site [Diachronic Corpus of Sumerian Literature]. Very exciting! I love this page already, and up until 5 mins ago Id never seen it in its developed form [it had been under construction for months]. It seems to be produced by some of the same people who worked on the etcsl project, so people to whom, as a layman, I'm already very much indebted to.
The page goal is something like "The Diachronic Corpus of Sumerian Literature (DCSL) seeks to document the entire history of Sumerian literature from the first evidence in the third millennium BC to when it was integrated in Babylonian and Assyrian cultures. " Even though it may not provide further translations, to me it will undoubtedly be as valuable as etcsl, for example the page on Pre-Sargonic [E.D] compositions provides literary piece's Ive managed not remain unaware of, even after all this time.. [taking stock of these "new" E.D composition may be a study in itself]. Undoubtedly part of the reason for that may be they are only examined in one or two rare scholarly editions, which DCSL meticulously outlines. Obviously there must be even more book buying ahead ;]
Another fantastic feature of this page is the "across time" link, which provides a birds eye view of the literary scene, which would assist esp. the layman with any lingering diachronic confusion. Also very interesting is the comment " Currently liturgies and incantations are excluded throughout." which leaves open the possibility that in the future, the incantation literature may be treated here. This may not provide us online translations in any likelihood but would be very helpful nonetheless.
For the layman researching Sumer, a book which I see mentioned at DTSL, and which Ive had on my booklist for awhile now, is "Analysing literary Sumerian: corpus-based approaches, edited by Jarle Ebeling and Graham Cunningham."
Very promising. I certainly expect DCSL to become part of my vocabulary anyway.
cheers.
dcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/ ****
Just a quick note to on the development of the DCSL site [Diachronic Corpus of Sumerian Literature]. Very exciting! I love this page already, and up until 5 mins ago Id never seen it in its developed form [it had been under construction for months]. It seems to be produced by some of the same people who worked on the etcsl project, so people to whom, as a layman, I'm already very much indebted to.
The page goal is something like "The Diachronic Corpus of Sumerian Literature (DCSL) seeks to document the entire history of Sumerian literature from the first evidence in the third millennium BC to when it was integrated in Babylonian and Assyrian cultures. " Even though it may not provide further translations, to me it will undoubtedly be as valuable as etcsl, for example the page on Pre-Sargonic [E.D] compositions provides literary piece's Ive managed not remain unaware of, even after all this time.. [taking stock of these "new" E.D composition may be a study in itself]. Undoubtedly part of the reason for that may be they are only examined in one or two rare scholarly editions, which DCSL meticulously outlines. Obviously there must be even more book buying ahead ;]
Another fantastic feature of this page is the "across time" link, which provides a birds eye view of the literary scene, which would assist esp. the layman with any lingering diachronic confusion. Also very interesting is the comment " Currently liturgies and incantations are excluded throughout." which leaves open the possibility that in the future, the incantation literature may be treated here. This may not provide us online translations in any likelihood but would be very helpful nonetheless.
For the layman researching Sumer, a book which I see mentioned at DTSL, and which Ive had on my booklist for awhile now, is "Analysing literary Sumerian: corpus-based approaches, edited by Jarle Ebeling and Graham Cunningham."
Very promising. I certainly expect DCSL to become part of my vocabulary anyway.
cheers.