Literacy in the Old Babylonian City of Nippur

Description du projet

Applicabilité de l’éducation dans le monde assyrien

L’applicabilité de l’éducation est une question vague en assyriologie. Le projet MESOPOLIT, financé par l’UE, se concentre sur l’acquisition, l’application et le développement de l’alphabétisation et des connaissances au Nippour, la capitale intellectuelle et idéologique de la Mésopotamie au début du 2e millénaire avant notre ère. Le projet examinera comment l’éducation a transféré les compétences nécessaires à une carrière professionnelle. Il étudiera la littératie numérique, documentaire et en prose chez les hommes et les femmes professionnels et examinera des textes économiques et académiques provenant du Nippour. MESOPOLIT développera des travaux méthodologiques sur les pratiques archivistiques anciennes de Babylone. Il prendra également en compte les erreurs et les valeurs arrondies des mathématiques anciennes babyloniennes.

Objectif

This project bridges a gap between the sciences and humanities by focusing on the acquisition, use, and development of literacy and knowledge in a distinct and remote population, the ancient city of Nippur (located in Southern Iraq in the early 2nd Millennium BCE). It asks, “in this time and place, how and to what extent did education relay the practical knowledge necessary for a professional career?” To answer this question, it will study prose, documentary, and numerical literacy, between male and female professionals from Nippur, the intellectual and ideological capital of early Mesopotamia. To do this, it will examine economic and academic texts originating primarily from Nippur. A key archive that is the basis to my
study is currently in the process of being analyzed and published, and this fellowship would allow me to make a unique contribution to this effort. This study will be of use to economic and educational researchers and policy makers as a case study to compare against future endeavors.

The applicability of education is an elusive subject in Assyriology (the study of ancient Iraq and its interactions with the greater Near East). No systematic study of the applicability of education exists for the ancient Near East. However, three methodological improvements will be developed with this project to allow such a study. My work at Yale University studying Old Babylonian archival practices, my work at Paris studying errors, mistakes, and rounded values in Old Babylonian mathematics, and my current research in numeric literacy at the Max Planck institute give me the ideal background to undertake this project. This project will be the first of a series of studies on literacy in the ancient world, which will allow for a comparative study of the impact of

Champ scientifique

Programme(s)

Thème(s)

MSCA-IF-2018 - Individual Fellowships

Appel à propositions

H2020-MSCA-IF-2018

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Régime de financement

MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EF

Coordinateur

KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET

Contribution nette de l'UE

€ 219 312,00

Adresse

Norregade 10
1165 Kobenhavn
Danemark

Région

Danmark Hovedstaden Byen København

Type d’activité

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Liens

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Participation aux programmes de R&I de l'UE

Réseau de collaboration HORIZON

Autres sources de financement

€ 0,00