George Smith (assyriolog)
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George Smith | |
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Personlig information | |
Født | 26. marts 1840 Chelsea, Storbritannien |
Død | 19. august 1876 (36 år) Aleppo, Syrien |
Dødsårsag | Dysenteri |
Uddannelse og virke | |
Beskæftigelse | Orientalist, assyriolog, forfatter, arkæolog, antropolog |
Fagområde | Assyriologi |
Arbejdsgiver | British Museum |
Information med symbolet |
George Smith (26. marts 1840 - 19. august 1876) var en engelsk assyriolog, der var den første opdager og oversætter af Digtet om Gilgamesh, en af de ældst-kendte litterære værker.[1]
Bibliografi
[redigér | rediger kildetekst]- George Smith (1871). History of Assurbanipal, translated from the cuneiform inscriptions.
- George Smith (1875). Assyrian Discoveries: An Account of Explorations and Discoveries on the Site of Nineveh, During 1873 to 1874
- George Smith (1876). The Chaldean Account of Genesis
- George Smith (1878), Sayce, A.H (red.), History of Sennacherib: Translated from the Cuneiform Inscriptions, London: Williams & Norgate
- George Smith (18 – ). The History of Babylonia. Edited by Archibald Henry Sayce.
Onlineudgaver
- History of Assurbanipal, translated from the cuneiform inscriptions. London: Williams and Norgate, 1871. From Google Books.
- Assyrian Discoveries. New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., 1876. From Google Books.
- The Chaldean Account of Genesis. New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., 1876. From WisdomLib.
- History of Sennacherib. London: Williams and Norgate, 1878. From Internet Archive.
- The History of Babylonia. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; New York: E. & J. B. Young. From Internet Archive.
Referencer
[redigér | rediger kildetekst]- ^ Barry Hoberman, " B[iblical] Archaeologist] Portrait: George Smith (1840–1876) Pioneer Assyriologist", The Biblical Archaeologist 46.1 (Winter 1983), pp. 41–42.