Charles Fossey
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 ).
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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 ).
literature
- René Labat : Charles Fossey. In: Revue d'Assyriologie et d'Archéologie orientale. Vol. 40, No. 3/4, 1945/1946, ISSN 0373-6032 , pp. 205-207, JSTOR 23294393 .
- Jean Nougayrol : Charles Fossey (1869-1946). In: École pratique des hautes études. Section des sciences religieuses. Annuaire. 1947-1948, ZDB -ID 353-0 , pp. 25-29, doi : 10.3406 / ephe.1946.17596 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Charles Fossey in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative ( Memento from August 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
personal data | |
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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 |