Riekele Borger

Rykle Borger (also Riekele Borger, born May 24, 1929 in Wieuwerd, community Littenseradiel, Friesland, † December 27, 2010 in Göttingen ) was a German Assyriologist Dutch origin, who was professor of Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the University of Göttingen from 1962 to 1997.

Life

After graduation in Breda Borger studied from 1946 Oriental Studies and Protestant Theology at Leiden University. After an oral examination in Oriental Studies (1951) and theology (1952) and doctorate in Leiden Borger worked as a graduate assistant at the University of Göttingen ( 1954-1955 ) and at the University of Vienna ( 1955-1957 ). In 1958 he returned as a lecturer in Assyriology to Göttingen and habilitated in 1959 at Wolfram von Soden. Then Borger worked as a lecturer at Göttingen Department of cuneiform research until 1962 he was a full professor of Ancient Near Eastern Studies with a focus on Assyriology there. Since 1978 he was a member of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen.

In December 2009, Borger asked the age of 80 years ( after 53 years in Germany ) successfully German citizenship.

At Borgers research included the edition Assyrian texts, biblical philology and text bibliography, Grammatology ( doctrine of Scripture ) and lexicography. He wrote, among other things, the handbook of cuneiform literature (Göttingen 1967).

Writings (selection )

  • The inscriptions of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, Graz 1956. Reprint Osnabrück 1967.
  • Introduction to the Assyrian royal inscriptions, Leiden 1961. Second edition 1964.
  • Babylonian - Assyrian reading pieces, three books, Rome 1963.
  • Handbook of cuneiform literature, three volumes, Berlin / New York 1967-1975.
  • Akkadian character list, Kevelaer / New Church Vlyun 1971.
  • Three Classicists - Alma Tadema, boar, Vosmaer. With a bibliography of the works of Alma Tadema, Osnabrück 1978.
  • Assyrian -Babylonian sign list, two volumes, Kevelaer / New Church Vlyun 1978-1981. Reprint 1981, 1986, 1988.
  • Akkadian law books. Codex Eshnunna, Code of Hammurabi, mittelassyrische and Neo-Babylonian laws. In: Otto Kaiser ( ed.): Texts from the environment of the Old Testament. Law books. Gütersloh 1983.
  • Assyrian treaties. In: Otto Kaiser ( ed.): Texts from the environment of the Old Testament. Treaties. Gütersloh 1982.
  • The chronology of Darius monument at Behistun Rock, Göttingen 1982.
  • Historical texts in Akkadian from Babylonia and Assyria. In: Otto Kaiser ( ed.): Texts from the environment of the Old Testament. Historical- chronological texts I. Gütersloh 1984.
  • The Behistun inscription of Darius the Great. Together with Walther Hinz. In: Otto Kaiser ( ed.): Texts from the environment of the Old Testament. Historical- chronological texts I. Gütersloh 1984.
  • Altorientalische lexicography, history and problems. At the completion of W. von Soden, Akkadian Concise Dictionary, Göttingen 1984.
  • Contributions to the work of inscription of Ashurbanipal, Wiesbaden 1997.
  • The bow quiver in the ancient Near East, in ancient times and in the Old Testament, Göttingen 2000.
  • Mesopotamian character dictionary, Münster 2004.
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