Ephraim Avigdor Speiser
Ephraim Avigdor Speiser (born January 24, 1902 in Skalat / Galicia , then Austria-Hungary , now Ukraine , Ternopil Oblast , † June 15, 1965 in Elkins Park , Pennsylvania ) was an American Assyriologist of Polish origin. He discovered the tell of Tepe Gawra in 1927 and supervised the excavations there between 1931 and 1938. He taught at the University of Pennsylvania .
Act
Speiser made important contributions on Akkadian myths and epics for the highly acclaimed collection of texts Ancient Near Eastern Texts relating to the Old Testament , edited by James B. Pritchard , which had set itself the goal of illuminating the context of the Old Testament . For this collection he translated the Epic of Creation , the Epic of Gilgamesh and other Akkadian texts.
In 1941 he was accepted as an elected member of the American Philosophical Society .
Works
- New Kirkuk Documents relating to Family Laws , New Haven 1930.
- Mesopotamian origins: the basic population of the Near East. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania press / London: H. Milford, Oxford university press 1930.
- Excavations at Tepe Gawra I. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia 1935, ISBN 9991553401
- One Hundred New Selected Nuzi Texts , New Haven 1936 (with RH Pfeiffer)
- Introduction to Hurrian New Haven: American schools of Oriental research under the Jane Dows Nies publication fund, 1941. (The annual of the American schools of Oriental research 20 for 1940-1941).
- " Akkadian Myths and Epics", in: James B. Prichard (Ed.): Ancient Near Easten Texts relating to the Old Testament. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey 1950.
literature
- William W. Hallo (Ed.), Essays in memory of EA Speiser . New Haven, American Oriental Society 1968 ( American Oriental Series 53 / Journal of the American Oriental Society 58.1)
See also
Web links
- Literature by and about Ephraim Avigdor Speiser in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography of EA Speiser (Archives of the University of Pennsylvania), engl.
- Speiser (CDLI-wiki), engl.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Member History: Ephraim A. Speiser. American Philosophical Society, accessed January 28, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Speiser, Ephraim Avigdor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Assyriologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 24, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Skalat , Galicia |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 15, 1965 |
| Place of death | Elkins Park , Pennsylvania |