Ancient Semitic III: Семитские языки. Восточно- семитские

In the third video of my new series I would like to give my viewers a short overview of the East Semitic branch of the Semitic language family. The main focus of this video is on reading and pronouncing Akkadian. This is illustrated by sample texts from Old Babylonian and Middle Assyrian. Contents: 00:02:19 Overview of East Semitic 00:18:07 Overview of Cuneiform Writing 00:24:27 Cuneiform Examples from Old Babylonian 00:30:41 Old Babylonian Pronunciation Guide 00:43:53 Old Babylonian Sample Text (Explained Line by Line) 01:01:46 Middle Assyrian Sample Text Here is the translation of the final text (the Middle Assyrian sample text): Speak to Šalipiyu; thus says Uṣur-namkūr-šarre: “Adad-nērārī the chariot maker approached me (saying): ’He (i.e. Šalipiyu) took with him one she-ass of a donkey together with three donkeys, her offspring.’ She is a Sutean she-ass and not taxed. (Šalipiyu said:) ’The she-ass is