Dietz-Otto Edzard
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Dietz-Otto Edzard was a German scholar of the Ancient Near East
and grammarian of the Sumerian language
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Among his final works was a 55 page essay on Ancient Babylonian literature and religion published by the Czech Academy of Science in 2005.
Ancient Near East
The ancient Near East was the home of early civilizations within a region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East: Mesopotamia , ancient Egypt, ancient Iran The ancient Near East was the home of early civilizations within a region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East: Mesopotamia...
and grammarian of the Sumerian language
Sumerian language
Sumerian is the language of ancient Sumer, which was spoken in southern Mesopotamia since at least the 4th millennium BC. During the 3rd millennium BC, there developed a very intimate cultural symbiosis between the Sumerians and the Akkadians, which included widespread bilingualism...
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Works
- Sumerian Grammar 2003
- Geschichte Mesopotamiens: Von den Sumerern bis zu Alexander dem Großen 2004
- GudeaGudeaGudea was a ruler of the state of Lagash in Southern Mesopotamia who ruled ca. 2144 - 2124 BC. He probably did not come from the city, but had married Ninalla, daughter of the ruler Urbaba of Lagash, thus gaining entrance to the royal house of Lagash...
and His Dynasty (Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods) 1997 - "Gilgames und Huwawa" : Zwei Versionen der sumerischen Zedernwaldepisode nebst einer Edition von Version " B " 1993
- Die Orts- und Gewässernamen der präsargonischen und sargonischen Zeit (Beihefte zum Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients. Reihe B) 1977
Among his final works was a 55 page essay on Ancient Babylonian literature and religion published by the Czech Academy of Science in 2005.