Michael Jursa

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Michael Jursa (born October 29, 1966 in Mödling ) is an Austrian ancient orientalist and university professor for Assyriology (focus on Akkadian studies) at the University of Vienna .

Michael Jursa studied ancient Semitic philology and oriental archeology at the University of Vienna from 1985 to 1991 . This was followed by a doctoral degree with a final doctorate . From 1991 to 2000 Jursa taught as a university assistant in Vienna. In 2000 he completed his habilitation with the work Das Archiv des Bel-remanni . Since then, Jursa has been teaching as an associate professor for ancient oriental studies , and since 2008 as a professor for Assyriology (with a focus on Akkadian studies) at the University of Vienna. Research focuses on the economic and social history of Mesopotamia . In 2002 he was named for his research on Babylonian economic history in the 1st millennium BC. Chr. Awarded the Start Prize . In 2013 Jursa was elected a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences , and in 2017 a full member. In 2015 he received the Rudolf Meimberg Prize .

Jursa has been editor since 1989, and since 2002 co-editor of the Archive for Orient Research .

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  • Agriculture in Sippar in the Neo-Babylonian period. Institute for Oriental Studies at the University of Vienna, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-900345-03-1 ( Archive for Orient Research Supplement 25).
  • The temple tithing in Babylonia. From the seventh to the third century BC Chr. Ugarit-Verlag, Münster 1998, ISBN 3-927120-59-6 ( Old Orient and Old Testament 254).
  • The archive of the Bel-remanni. Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologische Instituut Leiden, Istanbul 1999, ISBN 90-6258-087-4 ( Uitgaven van het Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologische Instituut te Istanbul 86).
  • Prywatyzacja i zysk? Przedsiębiorcy a gospodarka instytucjonalna w Mezopotamii od 3 do 1 tysiąclecia przed Chr. = Privatization and profit? Entrepreneurs and institutional households in Mesopotamia from the third to the first millennium BC. PTPN - Poznańskie Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk, Poznań 2002, ISBN 83-7063-356-0 (Polish).
  • The Babylonians. History, society, culture. CH Beck, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-406-50849-9 ( Beck'sche series 2349 - CH Beck Wissen ).
  • Neo-Babylonian Legal and Administrative Documents. Typology, Contents and Archives. Ugarit-Verlag, Münster 2005, ISBN 3-934628-69-9 ( Guides to the Mesopotamian Textual Record 1).
  • Aspects of the Economic History of Babylonia in the First Millennium BC: Economic Geography, Economic Mentalities, Agriculture, the Use of Money and the Problem of Economic Growth , Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86835-041-8 .

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SURNAME Jursa, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian ancient orientalist
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Mödling