Charles Fossey

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Charles Fossey (born July 29, 1869 in Cambrai , † November 27, 1946 in Monte Carlo ) was a French Assyriologist .

Fossey studied from 1891 to 1894 at the École normal supérieure classical studies. He then became a member of the École française d'Athènes . 1898–99 he worked at the Institut français d'archéologie orientale in Cairo. Since 1899 he taught Assyriology at the École pratique des hautes études , since 1907 as Directeur d'Études. As the successor to Julius Oppert , he became Professor of Assyriology at the Collège de France in Paris in 1906 and taught until his retirement in 1939.

Publications (selection)

  • with Vincent Scheil : Grammaire assyrienne. Welter, Paris 1901, ( digitized version ).
  • La magic assyrienne. Étude suivie de textes magiques (= Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études, Section des Sciences Religieuses. 15, ZDB -ID 773725-7 ). Leroux, Paris 1902, ( digitized version ).
  • Manuel d'Assyriology. Fouilles, écriture, langues, littérature, geographie, histoire, religion, institutions, art. 2 volumes. Leroux, Paris 1904-1926;
    • Volume 1: Explorations et fouilles. Déchiffrement des cunéiformes. Origine et histoire de l'écriture. 1904, ( digitized version );
    • Volume 2: Évolution des cunéiformes. 1926.
  • Textes assyriens et Babyloniens relatifs à la divination. Geuthner, Paris 1905, (reproduced by hand; digitized ).

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SURNAME Fossey, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French Assyriologist
DATE OF BIRTH July 29, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Cambrai
DATE OF DEATH November 27, 1946
Place of death Monte Carlo