Program

Preservation and Access: Reference Materials - Tools

Period of Performance

9/1/1978 - 8/31/1981

Funding Totals

$194,738.00 (approved)
$194,738.00 (awarded)


Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary [PSD]

FAIN: RT-*0731-78

University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA 19104-6205)
Ake W. Sjoberg (Project Director: November 1977 to October 1990)

To continue the compilation of the first comprehensive dictionary of Sumerian, a project initiated under NEH Grant No. 24879-76-869. Phase two will produce a series of sample articles for outside criticism. The response to these articles will be incorporated into a manual of standard operating procedure for the dictionary. The third and last year of phase two will see the initial writing of the dictionary. Funds are requested to hire personnel with needed special skills.