Dietz-Otto Edzard (28 August 1930 in

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– 2 June 2004 in

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) was a German scholar of the

Ancient Near East The ancient Near East was the home of early civilizations within a region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East: Mesopotamia (modern Iraq, southeast Turkey, southwest Iran and northeastern Syria), ancient Egypt, ancient Iran ( Elam, ...

and grammarian of the

Sumerian language Sumerian is the language of ancient Sumer. It is one of the oldest attested languages, dating back to at least 3000 BC. It is accepted to be a local language isolate and to have been spoken in ancient Mesopotamia, in the area that is modern-da ...

. He was elected a foreign member of the

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in 1976 and an International member of the

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in 1996.

Works

* ''Sumerian Grammar'' 2003 * ''Geschichte Mesopotamiens: Von den Sumerern bis zu Alexander dem Großen'' 2004 * ''

Gudea Gudea ( Sumerian: , ''Gu3-de2-a'') was a ruler ('' ensi'') of the state of Lagash in Southern Mesopotamia, who ruled circa 2080–2060 BC (short chronology) or 2144-2124 BC (middle chronology). He probably did not come from the city, but had marri ...

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.Archiv Orientální: journal of the Czechoslovak Oriental Institute, ...: Volume 73; Volume 73 Československý orientální ústav v Praze 2005 "Der Beitrag von Dietz Otto Edzard (2004) über Altbabylonische Literatur und Religion (S. 485 - 640) gehört zu den letzten Werken dieses großen deutschen Assyriologen."

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Edzard, Dietz-Otto German Assyriologists 1930 births 2004 deaths German male non-fiction writers Linguists of Sumerian Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Members of the American Philosophical Society