The present edition of the Introduction to Akkadian is fully revised and supplied with indices to the Akkadian vocabularies and signlists an EnglishAkkadian glossary and a paradigm of the strong verbs. The Introduction is intended as a tool in offering a twelve lessons or one semester course in essential Akkadian grammar. The reading exercises in transliteration and in cuneiform are designed to introduce the student to common vocabulary and basic cuneiform signs. The exercises are chosen from