Liane Jakob-Rost (born 1928 in

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) is a German

Assyriologist Assyriology (from Greek , ''Assyriā''; and , ''-logia'') is the archaeological, anthropological, and linguistic study of Assyria and the rest of ancient Mesopotamia (a region that encompassed what is now modern Iraq, northeastern Syria, southea ...

. Liane Jakob-Rost studied Ancient Near Eastern languages at the

University of Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative ...

. From 1949 she worked at the

Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin The Vorderasiatisches Museum (, ''Near East Museum'') is an archaeological museum in Berlin. It is in the basement of the south wing of the Pergamon Museum and has one of the world's largest collections of Southwest Asian art. 14 halls distrib ...

in Berlin, as an academic employee after she received her doctorate in 1952. From 1958, she was

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of the collection and in this position she was responsible for the re-incorporation of the

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returned by the

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at that time into the collection. In 1978 she succeeded as director of the museum. She retired from this position in 1990 and was succeeded by . Jakob-Rost's research focus was the editing and publication of

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sources in the museum's collection. She gave presentations in Germany and abroad, and also participated in several overseas exhibitions. She was involved in excavations in

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and

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...

Publications

* ''Die Entzifferung der Keilschrift. Zum 200. Geburtstag von G. F. Grotefend'' (The Decipherment of Cuneiform: On the 200th Birthday of G.F. Grotefend), Staatliche Museen, Berlin 1975 * ''Das Lied von Ullikummi. Dichtungen der Hethiter'' (The Song of Ullikummi: Poetry of the Hittites), Insel-Verlag, Leipzig 1977 * with : ''Babylon'', Staatliche Museen, Berlin 1983 * with Joachim Marzahn: ''Assyrische Königsinschriften auf Ziegeln aus Assur'' (Assyrian Royal Inscriptions on Bricks from Assur), Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1985 * ''Das Vorderasiatische Museum'', von Zabern, Mainz 1992 * with : ''Die Stempelsiegel im Vorderasiatischen Museum'' (The Stamp-seals in the Vorderasiatischen Museum), von Zabern, Mainz 1997

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* 1928 births Living people German Assyriologists {{Germany-bio-stub