Klaas Veenhof

Klaas R. Veenhof (* 1935 ) is a Dutch ancient orientalist .

Initially professor at the University of Amsterdam , he was professor at the University of Leiden from 1982 until his retirement .

It has become particularly popular in the first half of the second millennium BC. Chr. Busy, especially with the Assyrian merchant texts from the karūm Kaneš , but also well-known introductory works written.

Publications (selection)

• Aspects of old Assyrian trade and its terminology (= Studia et Documenta ad Iura Orientis Antiqui Pertinentia. Vol. 10, ZDB -ID 445835-7 ). Brill, Leiden 1972.
• Kanesj en de Assyrian trading colonies in Klein-Azië. Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten, Leiden 1986, ISBN 90-6258-241-9 .
• with Evelyn Klengel-Brandt : Ancient Assyrian clay tablets from Kultepe. Texts and unrolled seals (= Near Eastern writing monuments of the State Museums in Berlin. NF H. 10 = H. 26). Mann, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-7861-1668-7 .
• History of the Old Orient up to the time of Alexander the Great (= The Old Testament in German. Supplementary series, vol. 11). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-51685-1 .
• The old Assyrian list of year eponyms from Karum Kanish and its chronological implications (= Publications of the Turkish Historical Society. Ser. 6, Vol. 64). Turkish Historical Society, Ankara 2003. ISBN 975-16-1546-1 .
• The archive of Kuliya, son of Ali-abum (Kt.92 / k 188-263) (= Ataturk Kültür Dil ve Tarih Yüksek Kurumu. Ankara Kültepe Tabletleri. Vol. 5 = Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları. Dizi 6, 33c). Türk Tarih Kurumu Basimevi, Ankara 2010, ISBN 978-975-160246-6 .
• Ancient Assur: The City, its Traders, and its Commercial Network. In: Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient. Vol. 53, 2010, ISSN  0449-3222 , pp. 39-82.