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'''Dietz-Otto Edzard''' (28 August 1930 in [[Bremen]] – 2 June 2004 in [[Munich]]) was a German scholar of the [[Ancient Near East]] and grammarian of the [[Sumerian language]].
'''Dietz-Otto Edzard''' (28 August 1930 in [[Bremen]] – 2 June 2004 in [[Munich]]) was a German scholar of the [[Ancient Near East]] and grammarian of the [[Sumerian language]].
[[File:DIETZOTTOEDZARD.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Dietz Otto Edzard]]

He was elected a foreign member of the [[Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1976<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.dwc.knaw.nl/biografie/pmknaw/?pagetype=authorDetail&aId=PE00000086 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727190345/https://www.dwc.knaw.nl/biografie/pmknaw/?pagetype=authorDetail&aId=PE00000086 |title=Dietz Otto Edzard (1930 - 2004)
He was elected a foreign member of the [[Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1976<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.dwc.knaw.nl/biografie/pmknaw/?pagetype=authorDetail&aId=PE00000086 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727190345/https://www.dwc.knaw.nl/biografie/pmknaw/?pagetype=authorDetail&aId=PE00000086 |title=Dietz Otto Edzard (1930 - 2004)
|publisher=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |date= |archive-date=27 July 2020}}</ref> and an International member of the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web|title=APS Member History|url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Dietz+Otto+Edzard&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced|access-date=2021-12-16|website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref>
|publisher=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |date= |archive-date=27 July 2020}}</ref> and an International member of the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web|title=APS Member History|url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Dietz+Otto+Edzard&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced|access-date=2021-12-16|website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref>

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Dietz-Otto Edzard (28 August 1930 in Bremen – 2 June 2004 in Munich) was a German scholar of the Ancient Near East and grammarian of the Sumerian language.

Portrait of Dietz Otto Edzard

He was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1976[1] and an International member of the American Philosophical Society in 1996.[2]

Works[edit]

  • Sumerian Grammar 2003
  • Geschichte Mesopotamiens: Von den Sumerern bis zu Alexander dem Großen 2004
  • Gudea 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.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dietz Otto Edzard (1930 - 2004)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020.
  2. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  3. ^ 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."