古巴比伦时期的学生是如何学习苏美尔语的

How Students Learn Sumerian at School in the Old Babylonian Period

苏美尔语在古巴比伦时期已经不是日常用语,但在学校里仍然是学生们的主要课程,因为苏美尔语作为宗教、法律和文学语言仍然被继续使用,苏美尔语还是学习其他科目的工具。本文从历史文献、考古发掘、文学作品等方面的材料入手,分析古巴比伦时期的学生在学校里是如何学习楔形文字的书写和苏美尔语口语的,主要涉及课程设置、教材、教学及教辅人员等方面。

Although Sumerian was not an everyday language in the Old Babylonian period,it was still a main course at school.The reason is that Sumerian continued to be used as a religious,legal and literary language.In addition,Sumerian was a tool to learn other subjects.This paper,based on historical documents,archaeological data and literary texts,analyses how students learned to write cuneiforms and speak Sumerian at school in the Old Babylonian period.Curriculum design,teaching materials and teaching auxiliaries are mainly dealt with in the analysis.