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Ignace J. Gelb

University of Chicago Assyriologist (1907–1985), studying ancient languages, writing and personal names, including Amorite names.

Detail of the entrance and modern architectural relief at the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, University of Chicago, on 11 November 2023. The institute moved into this building in 1931; Ignace J. Gelb’s work was associated with the institution from 1929. The relief belongs to the twentieth-century architecture
Detail of the entrance and modern architectural relief at the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, University of Chicago, on 11 November 2023. The institute moved into this building in 1931; Ignace J. Gelb’s work was associated with the institution from 1929. The relief belongs to the twentieth-century architectureWarren LeMay / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · CC BY-SALicense · Related reference · Image source

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Ignace J. Gelb (1907–1985) was a University of Chicago Assyriologist who worked on the Assyrian Dictionary, a dictionary of AkkadianAkkadianAn ancient East Semitic language written in cuneiform in Mesopotamia.Glossary · Click to read the explanation, and on ancient writing and languages. [1]

His Computer-Aided Analysis of Amorite (1980) gathers personal names useful for studying Amorite; the archive’s language entry refers to this work. [1]

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  1. University of Chicago, Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, identity and context: Ignace J. Gelb. Biography and cited works Return to the text ↑

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