Mario Liverani

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Mario Liverani (born January 10, 1939 in Rome ) is an Italian ancient orientalist and was professor at La Sapienza University in Rome from 1973 until his retirement in 2011 .

Liverani holds honorary doctorates from the Universities of Copenhagen and Madrid and a member of important associations in the field of ancient oriental studies, including the American Oriental Society . He has been a member of the Accademia delle Scienze di Torino since 2000 and a corresponding member of the Accademia dei Lincei since 2001 . He is best known for his work on the political history of the late Bronze Age.

Publications (selection)

  • L'origine delle città (= Libri di base. 99). Riuniti, Rome 1986, ISBN 88-359-2935-0 .
  • as editor: Akkad. The First World Empire. Structure, ideology, traditions (= History of the ancient Near East. Studies. 5, ISSN  1120-4680 ). Sargon, Padua 1993.
  • Studies on the Annals of Ashurnasirpal II. Volume 2: Topographical Analysis (= Quaderni di geografia storica. 4, ZDB -ID 778685-2 ). Università degli Studi La Sapienza, Rome 1992.
  • Guerra e diplomazia nell'antico Oriente. 1600-1100 a. C. Laterza, Rome 1994, ISBN 88-420-4457-1 .
  • as editor: Neo-Assyrian geography (= Quaderni di geografia storica. 5). Università di Roma - Dipartimento di scienze storiche, archeologiche e antropologiche dell'Antichità, Rome 1995.
  • Uruk la prima città (= Biblioteca essenziale Laterza. 16). Laterza, Rome et al. 1998, ISBN 88-420-5622-7 .
  • as editor: Le lettere di el-Amarna. 2 volumes. Paideia, Brescia 1998-1999;
    • Volume 1: Le lettere dei "Piccoli Re" (= Testi del Vicino Oriente antico. 2: Letterature mesopotamiche. 3, 1). 1998, ISBN 88-394-0565-8 ;
    • Volume 2: Le lettere dei "Grandi Re" (= Testi del Vicino Oriente antico. 2: Letterature mesopotamiche. 3, 2). 1999, ISBN 88-394-0566-6 .
  • Oltre la Bibbia. Storia antica di Israele. Laterza, Rome et al. 2003, ISBN 88-420-7060-2 .
  • Myth and Politics in Ancient Near Eastern Historiography. Equinox, London 2004, ISBN 1-904768-04-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry at the academy with a brief curriculum vitae and picture.
  2. ↑ ANL Annuario 2011, p. 467.
personal data
SURNAME Liverani, Mario
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian ancient orientalist
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome