List of well-known ancient orientalists
This list collects ancient orientalists - formerly also called Assyriologists - who have completed their habilitation in this subject, are relevant as authors or have made other significant contributions to ancient oriental studies . Ancient orientalists deal scientifically with the history, culture and above all the languages of the ancient Orient . So among the Assyriologists , dedicated to the old Akkadian busy speaking peoples, the Sumerologists , dedicated to the people of the Sumerians deal, and the Hittite scholars , mainly engaged with the Hittites and other peoples Old Anatolia deal. In a broader sense, the researchers of the marginal cultures can also be counted among the ancient orientalists. The Near East archaeologists are distinguished from them , although both disciplines are closely interlinked and dependent on each other.
A.
- Jussi Aro (Finnish, 1928–1983)
B.
- Gary Michael Beckman (American, born 1948)
- Carl Bezold (German, 1859-1922)
- Robert D. Biggs
- Rykle Borger (Dutch, 1929-2010)
- Helmuth Theodor Bossert (German, 1889–1961)
- Jean Bottéro (French, 1914-2007)
- Trevor Bryce
C.
- Eva Cancik-Kirschbaum (German, * 1965)
- Guillaume Cardascia (French, 1914-2006)
- Onofrio Carruba (Italian, 1930-2016)
- Elena Cassin (Italian, 1909-2011)
- Georges Contenau (French, 1877–1964)
D.
- Muayad SB Damerji
- Muchammad Dandamajew (Dagestani, 1928-2017)
- Friedrich Delitzsch (German, 1850-1922)
- Karlheinz Deller (German, 1927-2003)
- Édouard Dhorme (French, 1881–1966)
- Igor Diakonow (Russian, 1914–1999)
- Manfried Dietrich (German, * 1935)
E.
- Erich Ebeling (German, 1886–1955)
- Dietz-Otto Edzard (German, 1930-2004)
- Hans Ehelolf (German, 1881–1939)
F.
- Adam Falkenstein (German, 1906–1966)
- Margarete Falkner Weidner (German, 1922–1962)
- Hugo Heinrich Figulla (German, 1885–1969)
- Emil Forrer (Swiss, 1894–1986)
- Eckart Frahm (German, * 1967)
- Henri Frankfort (Dutch, 1897-1954)
- Gabriella Frantz-Szabó
- Helmut Freydank (German. * 1935)
- Johannes Friedrich (German, 1893–1972)
- Andreas Fuchs
G
- Kurt Galling (German, 1900–1987)
- Hannes D. Galter (* 1954)
- John Garstang (British, 1876-1956)
- Ignace Gelb (American, 1907–1985)
- Markham J. Geller (American)
- Albrecht Götze (German, 1897–1971)
- Oliver R. Gurney (British, 1911-2001)
- Brigitte Groneberg (German, * 1945)
- Georg Friedrich Grotefend (German, 1775–1835)
- Hans Gustav Güterbock (German, later American, 1908–2000)
H
- Volkert Haas (German, 1936-2019)
- William W. Hallo (American, 1928-2015)
- Paul Haupt (German-American, 1858-1926)
- Joost Hazenbos (Dutch, * 1962)
- Ernst Herzfeld (German, 1879–1948)
- Hermann Volrath Hilprecht (German-American, 1859-1925)
- Edward Hincks (Irish, 1792–1866)
- Harry Angier Hoffner, Jr. (American)
- Fritz Hommel (German, 1854-1936)
- Theo van den Hout (Dutch, * 1953)
- Bedřich Hrozný (Czech, 1879–1952)
- Blahoslav Hruška (Czech, 1945-2008)
J
- Thorkild Jacobsen (Dane, 1904-1993)
- Liane Jakob-Rost (German, * 1928)
- Peter Jensen (German-Dane, 1861-1936)
- Alfred Jeremias (German, 1864-1935)
- Michael Jursa (Austrian, * 1966)
K
- Annelies Kammenhuber (German, 1922–1995)
- Thomas Richard Kämmerer (German, * 1962)
- Karlheinz Kessler (German, * 1948)
- Horst Klengel (German, 1933-2019)
- Jörg Klinger (German)
- Silvin Kosak (Slovene, * 1942)
- Samuel Noah Kramer (American, 1897–1990)
- Hans Martin Kümmel (German, 1937–1986)
L.
- René Labat (French, 1904–1974)
- Benno Landsberger (German, 1890–1968)
- Emmanuel Laroche (French, 1914–1991)
- François Lenormant (French, 1837-1883)
- Franz de Liagre-Bohl
M.
- Joachim Marzahn (German, * 1949)
- Stefan Maul (German, * 1958)
- Ruth Mayer-Opificius (German)
- Bruno Meissner (German, 1868–1947)
- Eduard Meyer (German, 1855-1930)
- Jared L. Miller (Canadian, born 1969)
N
- Wolfram Nagel (German, 1923-2019)
- Günter Neumann (German, 1920–2005)
- Hans Neumann (German, * 1953)
- Jean Nougayrol (French, 1900-1975)
O
- Joan Oates
- Ruth Opificius (German)
- Jules Oppert (German-French, 1825–1905)
- Julia Orlamünde (German, 1964-2008)
- Heinrich Otten (German, 1913–2012)
P
- Felix Ernst Peiser (German, 1862–1921)
- Herbert Petschow (German, 1909–1991)
- Giovanni Pettinato (Italian, 1934-2011)
- Maciej Popko (Pole 1936-2014)
- James B. Pritchard (American, 1909-1997)
- Jaan Puhvel (* 1932)
R.
- Hormuzd Rassam ( Assyrian , 1826-1910)
- Henry Rawlinson (British, 1810-1895)
- Erica Reiner (Hungaro-American, 1924-2005)
- Johannes Renger (German, * 1934)
- Elisabeth Rieken (German, * around 1965)
- Wolfgang Röllig (German, * 1932)
S.
- Henry William Frederick Saggs (British, 1920-2005)
- Walther Sallaberger (Austrian, * 1963)
- Hanspeter Schaudig
- Denise Schmandt-Besserat (American, * 1933)
- Eberhard Schrader (German, 1836–1908)
- Einar von Schuler (German, 1930–1990)
- Gebhard J. Selz (German, * 1950)
- George Smith (English, 1840–1876)
- Wolfram von Soden (German, 1908–1996)
- Ferdinand Sommer (German, 1874–1962)
- Walter Sommerfeld (German, * 1951)
- Oguz Soysal (Turk, * 1961)
- Ephraim Avigdor Speiser (Pole, 1902–1965)
- Frank Starke (German)
- Matthew W. Stolper (American, born 1944)
- Michael P. Streck (German, * 1965)
T
- François Thureau-Dangin (French, 1872–1944)
- Johann Tischler (1946–2019)
U
- Ahmet Ünal (Turk, * 1943)
- Arthur Ungnad (1879-1947)
V
- Konrad Volk (German, * 1955)
W.
- Arnold Walther (German, 1880–1938)
- Otto Weber (German, 1877–1928)
- Ernst Friedrich Weidner (German, 1891–1976)
- Joan Goodnick Westenholz (1943–2013)
- Gernot Wilhelm (German, * 1945)
- Hugo Winckler (German, 1863-1913)
Y
- Edwin M. Yamauchi (Japanese-American, born 1937)
- Norman Yoffee