Catherine Mittermayer
Catherine Mittermayer (born June 11, 1975 in Bern ) is a Swiss ancient orientalist .
Life
From 1995 to 2002 she studied Ancient Near Eastern languages, Near Eastern archeology and classical archeology in Bern. After completing her doctorate in March 2008 in the subject of ancient oriental languages at the University of Bern (dissertation: "Enmerkara and the Lord of Arata: An Unequal Competition") and her habilitation in Tübingen in 2014, she has been a professor at the University of Geneva since 2015 .
Fonts (selection)
- The development of the animal head characters. A study of the Syro-Mesopotamian cuneiform palaeography of the 3rd and early 2nd millennium BC Chr. Münster 2005, ISBN 3-934628-59-1 .
- Old Babylonian character list of the Sumerian literary texts . Göttingen 2006, ISBN 3-525-53016-1 .
- Enmerkara and the Lord of Arata. An unequal competition . Göttingen 2009, ISBN 978-3-7278-1652-9 .
- as editor with Sabine Ecklin: Ancient oriental studies in honor of Pascal Attinger . mu-ni u4 ul-li2-a-aš ĝa2-ĝa2-de3 . Göttingen 2012, ISBN 3-525-54379-4 .
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mittermayer, Catherine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss ancient orientalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11th 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |