Wilfred George Lambert

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Wilfred George Lambert (born February 26, 1926 in Birmingham ; † November 9, 2011 ) was a British ancient orientalist and Near Eastern archaeologist .

Life

Lambert held a chair at the Oriental Seminary at Johns Hopkins University from 1959 to 1964 , before taking up the professorship at the University of Birmingham in 1970 . A year later he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy . During his time in Birmingham, he was particularly involved in the deciphering of cuneiform clay tablets in the British Museum . After his retirement in 1993 he worked on inscriptions on the seals as part of the British Museum's cataloging project for Near Eastern seals. Together with Irvin Finkel (* 1951), he also succeeded in identifying fragments of clay tablets that reproduced the text of the Cyrus cylinder . His scientific work also included participating in the CAD project as an external consultant. He became particularly well-known through his discoveries while researching the Gilgamesh epic . He was also a presenting member of the International Congress for Assyriology and Near Eastern Archeology.

As a member of a Christadelphian congregation , Lambert refused to use the weapon during World War II and instead supervised Italian prisoners of war at work in a nursery north of Birmingham . He also published their quarterly magazine for his congregation.

In 1984 Lambert served as President of the Society for Old Testament Study .

Works (selection)

  • Morals in ancient Mesopotamia. In: Ex Oriente Lux. Jaarbericht 15, 1957–58, pp. 184–196.
  • Babylonian Wisdom Literature. Oxford, Clarendon Press 1960.
  • with Peter Walcot: A new Babylonian Theogony and Hesiod. In: Kadmos 4, 1965, pp. 64-72.
  • with Alan R. Millard, Miguel Civil: Atra-Hasis. The Babylonian Story of the Flood. Oxford, Clarendon Press 1969.
  • Catalog of the Cuneiform Tablets in the Kouyunjik Collection of the British Museum. Supplement volume III. London, British Museum Press 1992.
  • The Qualifications of Babylonian Diviners. In Stefan Maul (ed.): Festschrift for Rykle Borger on his 65th birthday on May 24, 1994. Groningen, STYX 1998.
  • Babylonian Oracle Questions. Winona Lake, Eisenbrauns 2007. (Mesopotamian Civilizations 13)

literature

  • Andrew R. George, Irving L. Finkel (Eds.): Wisdom, Gods and literature. Studies in Assyriology in honor of WG Lambert. Winona Lake, Eisenbrauns 2000. ISBN 1-57506-004-3
  • AR George: Wilfred George Lambert, 1926-2011 . In: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy . tape XIV , 2015, p. 337-359 ( thebritishacademy.ac.uk [PDF]).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ British Museum Research Projects
  2. ^ British Museum
  3. ↑ 2001/02 and 2002/03 of the CAD project (PDF; 33 kB)
  4. ↑ What's new in the Gilgamesh Epic? SOAS (PDF; 200 kB)
  5. ↑ Birmingham Post Obituary
  6. ^ Newspaper press directory Volume 120 Ernest Benn Limited - 1971 Endeavor Magazine. l0p quarterly, 50p pa Established 1961 ... Editor: Wilfred Lambert. "
personal data
SURNAME Lambert, Wilfred George
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lambert, Wilfred G.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British ancient orientalist
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Birmingham
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 2011