About Thorkild Peter Rudolph Jacobsen
Thorkild Peter Rudolph Jacobsen was a historian and Assyriologist.
Sourceuchicago.eduRetrieval date06/22/2020
Sourcejstor.orgRetrieval date06/22/2020
Source record No.AS 20, p. iiMediumBlack and white photographOrientationPartial frontalImage dateBefore 1993Source notesSamuel N. Kramer, "Sumerological Studies in Honor of Thorkild Jacobsen on His Seventieth Birthday June 7, 1974." Assyriological Studies 20 (1974): ii. [See also pp. 1-7]
Source record No.PAPS 143, pp. 334MediumBlack and white photographOrientationPartial frontalImage dateUnknownSource notesÅke W. Sjöberg, "Thorkild Jacobsen (7 June 1904-2 May 1993)." Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 143, no. 2 (June 1999): 334-337.
Biographical details
Basic information
person Full name | Thorkild Peter Rudolph Jacobsen |
cake Date of birth | June 7, 1904 |
event_busy Date of death | May 2, 1993 |
CDLI:Wiki data help_outline
Core CDLI:Wiki data
Name | Jacobsen, Thorkild |
Dates (life) | 7 June 1904 - 2 May 1993 |
Specialization | Assyriology |
Top works
"The Eridu Genesis" | The Harps that Once . . . | |
Journal article | Book | |
1981 | 1987 | |
Author | Author | |
More info | More info |
Authored works by Thorkild Peter Rudolph Jacobsen
The Harps that Once . . . : Sumerian Poetry in Translation Book · Thorkild Peter Rudolph Jacobsen · 1987
Jacobsen's Harps is a 1987 book which contains translations by the author of Sumerian poems. Jacobsen was a well-regarded Sumerologist and cuneiformist who contributed to the study of Sumerian literature. list_alt Access options "The Eridu Genesis": Journal of Biblical Literature 100, no. 4 (December 1981): 513–529 Journal article · Thorkild Peter Rudolph Jacobsen · 1981
"The Eridu Genesis" is a 1981 journal article by Thorkild Jacobsen that was published in the Journal of Biblical Literature. It contains a translation of a Sumerian creation and flood myth. Notably, Jacobsen coined the term "Eridu Genesis" in this publication; consequently, the name applied to the myth in popular culture thereafter. The translation of the myth is based on an artifact named "B10673," which is a clay cuneiform tablet first published by Arno... chrome_reader_mode Read now Associated works
Role: Editor
Role: Translator
The Harps that Once . . . : Sumerian Poetry in Translation Book · Thorkild Peter Rudolph Jacobsen · 1987
Jacobsen's Harps is a 1987 book which contains translations by the author of Sumerian poems. Jacobsen was a well-regarded Sumerologist and cuneiformist who contributed to the study of Sumerian literature. list_alt Access options "The Eridu Genesis": Journal of Biblical Literature 100, no. 4 (December 1981): 513–529 Journal article · Thorkild Peter Rudolph Jacobsen · 1981
"The Eridu Genesis" is a 1981 journal article by Thorkild Jacobsen that was published in the Journal of Biblical Literature. It contains a translation of a Sumerian creation and flood myth. Notably, Jacobsen coined the term "Eridu Genesis" in this publication; consequently, the name applied to the myth in popular culture thereafter. The translation of the myth is based on an artifact named "B10673," which is a clay cuneiform tablet first published by Arno... chrome_reader_mode Read now Role: Contributor
CDLI:Wiki data for Thorkild Peter Rudolph Jacobsen
Thorkild Peter Rudolph Jacobsen has a dedicated entry page on CDLI:Wiki with the name 'Jacobsen, Thorkild.' Included data from this source may provide the person's name, date of birth, date of death, major works, obituaries, and compiler remarks.
About the CDLI:Wiki
- CDLI:Wiki Est. 2007expand_lessThe CDLI:Wiki is an extension of the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI) project. It provides useful information about cuneiform studies: lists of artifacts, scholar biographies, and a list of abbreviations related to Assyriology.
Record numbers
CDLI:Wiki ID | jacobsen_thorkild |
Cuneiformist profile
Name | Jacobsen, Thorkild |
Dates (life) | 7 June 1904 - 2 May 1993 |
Birthplace | Copenhagen, Denmark |
Specialization | Assyriology |
Major works | Philogical Notes on Eshnunna and Its Inscriptions (AS 6), Chicago 1934; Sennacherib’s Aqueduct at Jerwan (OIP 24), Chicago 1935 (with S. Lloyd); The Sumerian King List (AS 11), Chicago 1939; Cuneiform Texts in the National Museum, Copenhagen, Leiden 1939; Early Political Development in Mesopotamia: ZA 52 (1957) 91-140; The Treasures of Darkness, New Haven 1976; Salinity and Irrigation Agriculture in Antiquity (BiMes 14), Malibu 1982; The Harps that Once… Sumerian Poetry in Translation, New Haven 1987; Bibliography in: W.L. Moran (Ed.), Toward the Image of Tammuz and Other Essays on Mesopotamian History and Culture (HSS 21), Cambridge Mass. 1970, 471-474; Riches Hidden in Secret Places, ix-xvii (T. Abusch - J. Huehnergard) |
Remarks | PhD, University of Chicago, 1929; Field Assyriologist with the Iraq Expedition of the Oriental Institute, 1929-1937; Professor and Director of the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, 1946; Organizer of the Nippur Expedition, joint enterprise of the Oriental Institute and the University Museum; Editor and contributor of the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary; Professor of Assyriology, Harvard University, 1962-1974 |
Obituaries | Sumerological Studies in Honor of Thorkild Jacobsen, 1-7 (S.N. Kramer); Riches Hidden in Secret Places, xix-xxiii (T. Abusch) |
Festschrift | S.J. Lieberman (ed.), Sumerological Studies in Honor of Thorkild Jacobsen (AS 20), Chicago 1975; T. Abusch (ed.), Riches Hidden in Secret Places. Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Memory of Thorkild Jacobsen, Winona Lake 2002 |
Raw text
====== Jacobsen, Thorkild ======
[[Image: Jacobsen.jpg|thumb|200px]]
== Name ==
Jacobsen, Thorkild
== Dates ==
7 June 1904 - 2 May 1993
==Birthplace==
Copenhagen, Denmark
== Specialization ==
Assyriology
== Major works ==
Philogical Notes on Eshnunna and Its Inscriptions (AS 6), Chicago 1934; Sennacherib’s Aqueduct at Jerwan (OIP 24), Chicago 1935 (with S. Lloyd); The Sumerian King List (AS 11), Chicago 1939; Cuneiform Texts in the National Museum, Copenhagen, Leiden 1939; Early Political Development in Mesopotamia: ZA 52 (1957) 91-140; The Treasures of Darkness, New Haven 1976; Salinity and Irrigation Agriculture in Antiquity (BiMes 14), Malibu 1982; The Harps that Once... Sumerian Poetry in Translation, New Haven 1987; Bibliography in: W.L. Moran (Ed.), Toward the Image of Tammuz and Other Essays on Mesopotamian History and Culture (HSS 21), Cambridge Mass. 1970, 471-474; Riches Hidden in Secret Places, ix-xvii (T. Abusch - J. Huehnergard)
== Remarks ==
PhD, University of Chicago, 1929; Field Assyriologist with the Iraq Expedition of the Oriental Institute, 1929-1937; Professor and Director of the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, 1946; Organizer of the Nippur Expedition, joint enterprise of the Oriental Institute and the University Museum; Editor and contributor of the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary; Professor of Assyriology, Harvard University, 1962-1974
== Obituaries ==
Sumerological Studies in Honor of Thorkild Jacobsen, 1-7 (S.N. Kramer); Riches Hidden in Secret Places, xix-xxiii (T. Abusch)
== Festschrift ==
S.J. Lieberman (ed.), Sumerological Studies in Honor of Thorkild Jacobsen (AS 20), Chicago 1975; T. Abusch (ed.), Riches Hidden in Secret Places. Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Memory of Thorkild Jacobsen, Winona Lake 2002
Record notes
About these data
Retrieval date | Apr. 19, 2020 |
Copyright | CDLI:Wiki @ UCLA |
Bibliography
Jacobsen, Thorkild P. R. "The Eridu Genesis." Journal of Biblical Literature 100, no. 4 (December 1981): 513–529.
Jacobsen, Thorkild P.R. The Harps that Once . . . : Sumerian Poetry in Translation. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1987.