PROJECTS OF THE IUA

The Chicago Assyrian Dictionary (CAD) project was initiated by the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago in 1921. Now close to completion, it presents the vocabulary of Akkadian (also known as Assyro-Babylonian) in extensive references representing a meaningful section of the word's context so as to determine and illustrate the semantic range of each word. The CAD informs Assyriologists as well as a wide range of readers, serving both as a dictionary and as an encyclopaedia by illustrating the culture of ancient Mesopotamia. The time span covered ranges from the late third millennium to 100 A.D., and the texts excerpted come from sites in ancient Mesopotamia and beyond up to the Mediterranean. The CAD will be published in 21 volumes. The publication began in 1956 and 16 volumes have been published up to now.

The CAD was adopted as a Category C project by the UAI in 1951 and its official affiliation with the UAI continues through the intermediary of the American Council of Learned Societies.

Directors : D.D. Luckenbill 1921-1927, E. Chiera 1927 1933, A. Poebel 1933-1946, I.J. Gelb 1946-1955, A.L. Oppenheim 1955-1973, E. Reiner 1973-1996, M. Roth 1996-

Miguel Civil, a member of the Editorial Board of the CAD, is the editor of the lexical series Materials for the Sumerian Lexicon (MSL) which has progressed in parallel fashion to the CAD. It was initiated in 1937 and is published under the sponsorship of the Pontificio Istituto Biblico in Rome. 17 volumes have been published.

Directors : B. Landsberger 1937-1968, M. Civil and E. Reiner 1968-

The series Materials for the Assyrian Dictionary (MAD) has been published since 1952 at first by the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, than, by the University Press of Chicago. Five volumes have been published. (The last one appeared in 1970).

Director : I.J. Gelb 1952-1984.

An auxiliary project, the Materiali per il Vocabolario Neo-Sumerico was initiated by the Unione Accademica Nazionale. Reports have been sent to the UAI since 1971. 22 volumes have been published.

In 1985 began the publication of Studi per il Vocabolario Sumerico. The first volume (in three parts) has been published.

In 1990 started the publication of the series Materiali per il Vocabolario Sumerico (first volume has been published).

Directors : G. Castellino 1971-1993 and G. Pettinato 1990-

Website of the CAD : www.oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/CAD/CAD.html