About Edward Chiera
Edward Chiera was an Italian-American archaeologist, Assyriologist, and academic.
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person Full name | Edward Chiera |
cake Date of birth | August 5, 1885 |
event_busy Date of death | June 20, 1933 |
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Name | Chiera, Edward |
Dates (life) | 5 August 1885 - 1933 |
Specialization | Assyriology |
Top works
Sumerian Religious Texts | Sumerian Epics and Myths | |
Book | Book | |
1924 | 1934 | |
Author | Author | |
More info | More info |
Authored works by Edward Chiera
Sumerian Religious Texts: Crozier Theological Seminary Babylonian Publications, Vol. 1 Book · Edward Chiera · 1924
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Sumerian Epics and Myths by Edward Chiera is a posthumously published collection of autographed plates. The plates include 111 sketches of clay cuneiform tablets found during archaeological expeditions of Iraq and the Middle East during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The plates include tablets which contain Sumerian epics and myths. This publication was released by the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago, which has done work in Assyriology for most of its history. chrome_reader_mode Read now Associated works
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Cuneiformist profile
Name | Chiera, Edward |
Dates (life) | 5 August 1885 - 1933 |
Birthplace | Rome, Italy |
Specialization | Assyriology |
Major works | Legal and Administrative Documents from Nippur, Chiefly from the Dynasties of Isin and Larsa, Philadelphia 1914. (PBS 8/1) Lists of Personal Names from the Temple School of Nippur, Philadelphia 1916 (PBS 11/1) Selected Temple Accounts from Tello, Yokha and Drehem, 1921 Old Babylonian Contracts, Philadelphia 1922 (PBS 8/2) Sumerian Religious Texts (SRT), Upland, PA 1924 Joint expedition with the Iraq Museum at Nuzi, (5 vols.) Paris/Philadelphia 1927-1934 Sumerian Lexical Texts from the Temple School of Nippur (SLT), Chicago 1929 Sumerian Epics and Myths (SEM), Chicago 1934 Sumerian Texts of Varied Contents, Chicago 1934 They wrote on clay: The Babylonian tablets speak today, Chicago 1938, edited by G. Cameron |
Remarks | Professor, University of Pennsylvania, 1913- Professor, University of Chicago, 1927- |
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====== Chiera, Edward ======
== Name ==
Chiera, Edward
== Dates ==
5 August 1885 - 1933
== Birthplace ==
Rome, Italy
== Specialization ==
Assyriology
== Major works ==
Legal and Administrative Documents from Nippur, Chiefly from the Dynasties of Isin and Larsa, Philadelphia 1914. (PBS 8/1) Lists of Personal Names from the Temple School of Nippur, Philadelphia 1916 (PBS 11/1) Selected Temple Accounts from Tello, Yokha and Drehem, 1921 Old Babylonian Contracts, Philadelphia 1922 (PBS 8/2) Sumerian Religious Texts (SRT), Upland, PA 1924 Joint expedition with the Iraq Museum at Nuzi, (5 vols.) Paris/Philadelphia 1927-1934 Sumerian Lexical Texts from the Temple School of Nippur (SLT), Chicago 1929 Sumerian Epics and Myths (SEM), Chicago 1934 Sumerian Texts of Varied Contents, Chicago 1934 They wrote on clay: The Babylonian tablets speak today, Chicago 1938, edited by G. Cameron
== Remarks ==
Professor, University of Pennsylvania, 1913- Professor, University of Chicago, 1927-
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Retrieval date | Apr. 19, 2020 |
Copyright | CDLI:Wiki @ UCLA |
Bibliography
Chiera, Edward. Sumerian Epics and Myths: Cuneiform Series—Volume III. The Oriental Institute, Vol. XV. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 1934.
Chiera, Edward. Sumerian Religious Texts. In Crozier Theological Seminary Babylonian Publications, vol. 1. Upland, PA: Crozier Theological Seminary, 1924.