Horst Steible

Horst Steible (born April 30, 1941 in Lörrach ) is a German ancient orientalist .

Horst Steible studied Oriental and Islamic Studies at the University of Freiburg , the École du Louvre and the University of Heidelberg . In 1967 he was awarded a doctorate by Oluf Krückmann in Freiburg. phil. PhD . He then worked as an assistant at the University of Freiburg, completed his habilitation in 1972 and was then a university lecturer. In 1980 he was appointed C2 professor of sumerology . In 2006 he retired.

Steible mainly deals with Sumerian architectural inscriptions and dedicatory inscriptions, to which he devoted several essays and basic editions in addition to his qualification scripts.

Fonts (selection)

• A song to the god Haja with a plea for King Rimsîn of Larsa . Freiburg 1967 (dissertation)
• Rīmsîn, my king. Three cultic texts from Ur with the final doxology ^d ri-im- ^d sîn lugal-mu . Wiesbaden 1975 (habilitation thesis)
• The old Sumerian building inscriptions and dedicatory inscriptions. Part 1. Inscriptions from Lagaš . Wiesbaden 1982
• The old Sumerian building inscriptions and dedicatory inscriptions. Part 2. Commentary on the inscriptions from Lagaš, inscriptions outside Lagaš . Wiesbaden 1982
• with Hermann Behrens: Glossary for the old Sumerian building and dedicatory inscriptions . Wiesbaden 1983
• The neo-Sumerian architectural inscriptions and dedicatory inscriptions. Part 1: Inscriptions of the 2nd dynasty of Lagaš . Stuttgart 1991
• The neo-Sumerian architectural inscriptions and dedicatory inscriptions. Part 2: Commentary on the Gudea statues, inscriptions of the III. Dynasty of Ur, inscriptions of IV and "V." Uruk dynasty, Varia . Stuttgart 1991

literature

• Konrad Volk: Horst Steible 70 years old . In: Freiburg University Gazette . Volume 192,2 (2011), pp. 159f.