Hartmut Waetzoldt

Hartmut Waetzoldt (* 1941 ) is a German ancient orientalist .

Hartmut Waetzoldt studied Assyriology at the University of Heidelberg from the winter semester 1962/63 . The academic teachers included Adam Falkenstein , Burkhart Kienast , Wolfgang Röllig , Giovanni Pettinato and Karlheinz Deller . In 1970 he finished his studies with a doctorate , the subject of the dissertation was research on the New Sumerian textile industry . Between 1971 and 1973 Waetzoldt was employed as a research assistant at the University of Turin . The habilitation took place in 1975 with a thesis on the subject of writing in Mesopotamia based on the texts from the Neo-Sumerian period (approx. 2164–2003 BC) again in Heidelberg. In 1977 he was appointed professor, a little later as an extraordinary professor, and in 1979 as a university professor. Since 1988 he has also dedicated himself to the organization of scientific conferences, such as the XXXIXe Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale in July 1992 with more than 600 participants. He has also been the editor of the Heidelberg Studies on the Ancient Orient with Harald Hauptmann since 1988 . So far Waetzoldt has published more than 100 works, including eight monographs.

Fonts

• with Giovanni Pettinato : Studies on the New Sumerian textile industry. (= Studi economici e tecnologici I), Rome 1972.
• with Giovanni Pettinato: Materiali per il Vocabolario Neosumerico, I. (= La Collezione Schollmeyer. Testi economici della terza dinastia di Ur conservati a Werl e Heidelberg, Parte Ia: Introduzione e Copie ), Roma 1974.
• with Giovanni Pettinato and Francesco Pomponio: Materiali per il Vocabolario Neosumerico VI. Testi economici di Lagas del Museo di Istanbul, Part I: La. 7001-7600. Rome 1977.
• with Giovanni Pettinato and Sergio A. Picchioni: Materiali per il Vocabolario Neosumerico VII. Testi economici di Lagas del Museo di Istanbul, Part II: La. 7601-8200. Rome 1978.
• with Giovanni Pettinato: Studi per il Vocabolario Sumerico I / 1, G. Reisner, temple documents from Telloh, Testi. Rome 1985.
• with Giovanni Pettinato, Jean-Pierre Gregoire and David I. Owen: Studi per il Vocabolario Sumerico I / 3, G. Reisner, temple documents from Telloh, Glossario.
• with Fatma Yildiz and Hubert Renner: The Umma texts from the Archaeological Museums in Istanbul No. 1-600. (= Materiali per il Vocabolario Neosumerico , Volume 14), Rome 1988.
• Editor with Harald Hauptmann : Ebla Economy and Society. Files of the International Conference. Heidelberg 4th-7th November 1986. (= Heidelberger Studien zum Alten Orient , Volume 2), Heidelberger Orientverlag, Heidelberg 1988, ISBN 3-927552-00-3 .
• Editor with Harald Hauptmann: Assyria through the ages. XXXIXe Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Heidelberg 6.-10. July 1992. (= Heidelberger Studien zum Alten Orient , Volume 6), Heidelberger Orientverlag, Heidelberg 1992, ISBN 3-927552-25-9 .
• with Fatma Yildiz and Hubert Renner: The Umma Texts from the Archaeological Museums in Istanbul No. 601-1600. (= Materiali per il Vocabolario Neosumerico , Volume 16), Rome 1994.
• Economic and administrative texts from Ebla. Archive L. 2769 (= Materiali Epigrafici di Ebla , Volume 12; Materiali per il Vocabolario Sumerico , Volume 7), Rome 2001.
• Editor: A History of Babylonian Prices in the First Millennium BC, 1. Prices of the Basic Commodities. (= Heidelberg Studies on the Ancient Orient , Volume 10), Heidelberger Orientverlag, Heidelberg 2001.
• Editor: From Sumer to Ebla and back. Festschrift for Giovanni Pettinato on September 27, 1999, dedicated by friends, colleagues and students. (= Heidelberg Studies on the Ancient Orient , Volume 9), Heidelberger Orientverlag, Heidelberg 2004, ISBN 3-927552-41-0 .

Web links

• Employee site at Heidelberg University