About Edward Chiera
Edward Chiera was an Italian-American archaeologist, Assyriologist, and academic.
Biographical details
Basic information
| person Full name | Edward Chiera |
| cake Date of birth | August 5, 1885 |
| event_busy Date of death | June 20, 1933 |
Core CDLI:Wiki data
| Name | Chiera, Edward |
| Dates (life) | 5 August 1885 - 1933 |
| Specialization | Assyriology |
Top works
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| Sumerian Religious Texts | Sumerian Epics and Myths | |
| Book | Book | |
| 1924 | 1934 | |
| Author | Author | |
| More info | More info | |
CDLI:Wiki data for Edward Chiera
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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- |
Raw text
====== 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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