Ephraim Avigdor Speiser

Ephraim Avigdor Speiser ( born January 24, 1902 in Skalat / Galicia, then Austria - Hungary, today Ukraine, Ternopil Oblast, † 15 June 1965 in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania) was an American Assyriologist Polish origin. He discovered 1927 Tell by Tepe Gawra and led 1931-1938 the supervision of the local excavations. He taught at the University of Pennsylvania.

Speiser made ​​important contributions on Akkadian myths and epics for edited by James B. Pritchard acclaimed anthology Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament, which it had set itself the goal to illuminate the surroundings of the Old Testament. He translated for this collection is the creation epic, the Epic of Gilgamesh and other Akkadian texts.

Works

  • New Kirkuk Documents Relating to Family Laws, New Haven 1930.
  • Mesopotamian origins: the basic population of the Near East. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania press / London: H. Milford, Oxford university press, 1930.
  • One Hundred New Selected Nuzi Texts, New Haven 1936 ( with RH Pfeiffer)
  • Introduction to Hurrian New Haven: American schools of Oriental research under the Jane Dows Nies publication fund, 1941 (The annual of the American schools of Oriental research 20 for 1940-1941 ). .
  • " Akkadian Myths and Epics ", in: James B. Pritchard (ed.): Ancient Near Easten Texts Relating to the Old Testament. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey 1950.
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