The Leipzig Akkadian Dictionary (LAD) is a research project at the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig.
Starting in 2025, the 17-year project aims to create a new, up-to-date digital online dictionary of Akkadian.
10/03/2026
Bewerbung bis zum 18. März!
Die Masterclass Lexikographie 2026 widmet sich dem Thema "Wörter und Sachen". MA-Studierende und Doktoranden im Fach Altorientalistik (Assyriology) können sich noch bis nächste Woche für Teilnahme und Reisestipendium (800€) bewerben.
Details: https://www.gkr.uni-leipzig.de/altorientalisches-institut/studium/masterclass
03/03/2026
Mindfulness advice from Babylonia!
In the 7th century letter ABL 219, the Babylonian Bēl-upāq writes to his father Kunâ. At the end of his message he includes an advice that we can all take to heart:
ana mimma kalāmu mala teppušu šulum ramānīka hussu – "In whatever you do, think of your own well-being!"
(Photo: https://cdli.earth/artifacts/238012.
Text edition: State Archives of Assyria vol. 18 Nr. 64; see https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/P238012.18?srch=sofWMWg)
16/02/2026
Wir veranstalten zusammen mit Altorientalisches Institut - Universität Leipzig vom 13. - 17. Juli die 2. Masterclass Akkadische Lexikographie!
Das Thema lautet: " Wörter und Sachen".
Studierende und Promovierende können sich ab sofort bewerben.
Details hier: https://www.gkr.uni-leipzig.de/altorientalisches-institut/studium/masterclass
Bewerbungsschluss: 18. März 2026
07/01/2026
17/12/2025
Out now!
Claroscuro No. 24:
In Search of Meaning: Studies on the Akkadian Lexicon
Coordinated by LAD's research team leader Dr. Janine Wende.
This special thematic issue brings together seven contributions that explore a variety of approaches to researching Akkadian lexicology and lexicography.
Free to access and download here:
https://claroscuro.unr.edu.ar/index.php/revista/issue/view/15
08/12/2025
We are In the Spotlight! ✨
The LADs are featured in this month's mar shiprim at the International Association for Assyriology.
Thank you to Pavla Rosenstein for interviewing the team and giving us the opportunity to share what's happening behind the curtain!
In the spotlight – the Leipzig Akkadian Dictionary (LAD) project - The International Association for Assyriology Dear Mar Shiprim readers, As 2025 draws to a close, we thank the team at the Leipzig Akkadian Dictionary (LAD) for sharing their work on this exciting seventeen-year lexicography project. With best wishes for the Read more
21/11/2025
Gastvortrag!
LAD und das Altorientalische Institut begrüßen am kommenden Dienstag Prof. Yoram Cohen in Leipzig.
Mehr info hier: https://shorturl.at/dWvMv