About Thorkild Peter Rudolph Jacobsen
Thorkild Peter Rudolph Jacobsen was a historian and Assyriologist.
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| person Full name | Thorkild Peter Rudolph Jacobsen |
| cake Date of birth | June 7, 1904 |
| event_busy Date of death | May 2, 1993 |
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| Name | Jacobsen, Thorkild |
| Dates (life) | 7 June 1904 - 2 May 1993 |
| Specialization | Assyriology |
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| "The Eridu Genesis" | The Harps that Once . . . | |
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| 1981 | 1987 | |
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| More info | More info |
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| 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 |
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== 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
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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.
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