Claus Wilcke (ancient orientalist)

Claus Wilcke (born February 23, 1938 in Potsdam ) is a German ancient orientalist . He held a chair for ancient oriental studies at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich (1976–1993) and the University of Leipzig (1993–2003).

Wilcke initially studied Protestant theology from 1957 to 1960 at the universities of Marburg and Heidelberg . He then went on to study Oriental Studies , Semitic Studies and Roman Law in Heidelberg from 1960 to 1966, where he finally received his doctorate under Adam Falkenstein with a thesis on the Lugalbanda epic . He then worked in Munich, where he completed his habilitation in 1972 with a thesis on the death and burial of King Urnammu . He turned down a call to Harvard University , but worked there as a guest lecturer in 1980/81. After the reunification he moved to Leipzig, where he re-established the ancient oriental institute there.

Works

The spiritual understanding of the world in the ancient Orient. Language, religion, culture and society. After preliminary work by Joost Hazenbos and Annette Zgoll . Edited by Claus Wilcke. Wiesbaden 2007.
Ancient Near Eastern Law - A History of its Beginnings. The Early Dynastic and Sargonic Periods . Munich 2003.
Who read and wrote in Babylonia and Assyria. Reflections on literacy in the Old Mesopotamia. Munich 2000.
The Lugalbandaepos . Wiesbaden 1969.