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Sumerology

Sumerology

9.9
The study of the language, history, and daily life of ancient Sumerian people in Mesopotamia
  • noun
  • /ˌsuːmərˈɒlədʒi/
  • Specialized
: sumerología
  • Recent discoveries in Sumerology have shed new light on early Mesopotamian writing.

Examples

  • His passion for Sumerology led him to travel extensively throughout Iraq and study cuneiform tablets.

  • She specialized in Sumerology during her graduate studies at the university.

  • I am studying Sumerology at the university.

  • Her passion for Sumerology began in high school.

  • His passion for Sumerology led him to study the ancient Sumerians and their contributions to writing.

  • Recent discoveries in Sumerology have revealed important insights about Sumerian civilization.

  • She focused on Sumerology to better understand the language and culture of the ancient Sumerians.

Surface Forms

Sumerology singular
Sumerologies plural

Morphology

Sumerology = Sumer (transparent) = Sumer + ology

The word transparently means 'study of Sumer' through the proper noun base plus the productive suffix '-ology'.

Etymology

The word Sumerology comes from Sumer, the name of an ancient region in southern Iraq, and -ology, a common ending that means 'study', like in biology. So, Sumerology is the study of the ancient Sumerians and their language, history, and culture.