Bringing Together Experts in Assyrian Studies
Every year, the Assyrian Heritage Lecture Series brings experts in Neo-Assyrian art, architecture, archeology, literature, and history to share their work with the UC Berkeley and Assyrian communities.
I, Ashurbanipal, learned … all of the scribal arts. I investigated the precepts of every type of scholar there is.
Shamash grant your wish. What your mouth has said, may your eyes see.
May he open for you the barred path, unclose the road for your footsteps, unlock the mountain for your foot.
I have read cunningly written texts in obscure Sumerian and Akkadian that are difficult to interpret. I have carefully examined inscriptions on stone from before the Deluge.
