Doris Prechel

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Doris Prechel (* 1963 ) is a German ancient orientalist .

Life

From 1983 to 1989 she studied history, political science and modern German literature at the University of Konstanz (1989: Magister Artium - title of the master's thesis : "Magical figures in the Babylonian-Assyrian and Hittite incantation rituals"). From 1990 to 1993 she was a research assistant at the Free University of Berlin . After receiving his doctorate in 1993 as Dr. phil. - Topic of the dissertation: “The goddess Ishara. A contribution to the ancient oriental religious history ”- she was a research assistant at the Ancient Near Eastern Institute of the University of Leipzig from 1994 to 1996. From 1996 to 2001 she was a university assistant at the Department of Languages ​​and Cultures of the Middle East - Assyriology - at Heidelberg University . In 2001 she was visiting professor for ancient oriental philology at the University of Mainz . In 2001 she represented the professorship for ancient oriental philology in Mainz . Since 2001 she has been Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Philology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.

Fonts (selection)

  • The goddess Išḫara. A contribution to the ancient oriental history of religion . Münster 1996, ISBN 3-927120-36-7 .
  • as editor: Fest und Eid. Instruments for securing power in the ancient Orient . Würzburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-89913-634-0 .
  • with Helmut Freydank : Documents of the royal palace administrators from the end of the 2nd millennium BC The "archive" Assur 21101 (M7 F) . Wiesbaden 2014, ISBN 978-3-447-10184-4 .
  • as editor with Hans Neumann : Contributions to the knowledge and interpretation of ancient oriental archives. Festschrift for Helmut Freydank on his 80th birthday . Münster 2019, ISBN 3-96327-020-9 .

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personal data
SURNAME Prechel, Doris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ancient orientalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1963