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 home to many cradles of civilization, spanning Mesopotamia, Egypt, Iran (or Persia), Anatolia and the Armenian highlands, the Levant, and the Arabian Peninsula. As such, the fields of ancient Near East studies and Nea ...

and grammarian of the

Sumerian language Sumerian ) was the language of ancient Sumer. It is one of the List of languages by first written account, oldest attested languages, dating back to at least 2900 BC. It is a local language isolate that was spoken in ancient Mesopotamia, in the a ...

. He was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences 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''; died 2124 BC) was a Sumerian ruler ('' ensi'') of the state of Lagash in Southern Mesopotamia, who ruled –2060 BC ( short chronology) or 2144–2124 BC ( middle chronology). He probably did not come from the ...

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 International members of the American Philosophical Society