Carl Bezold
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Carl Bezold (18 May 1859 – 21 November 1922) was a German orientalist. Known primarily for his research in Akkadian (Babylonian-Assyrian), he also researched other Semitic languages: Syriac, Ge'ez (Ethiopic) and Arabic.[1]
Biography
Carl Bezold was born in Donauwörth on 18 May 1859. He was educated at the Universities of Munich and Leipzig, where he studied with Assyrologist Friedrich Delitzsch. In 1883, he obtained his habilitation at Munich with a thesis titled Die Schatzhöhle; aus dem syrischen texte dreier unedirten Handschriften [2] ("The Treasure Trove", second part issued in 1888). Later on, he spent several years working at the British Museum in London. In 1894, he became a full professor at the University of Heidelberg.[1]
Contributions
At the British Museum, he arranged and cataloged the large collection of cuneiform texts from the Library of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh, publishing "Catalogue of Cuneiform Tablets in the Kouyundjik Collection of the British Museum", (1889) as a result. In London, he also recorded the clay tablets of El-Amarna (Egypt), of which he published "The Tell el-Amarna Tablets in the British Museum", (1892).[1][3][4]
In 1884, along with Fritz Hommel, he founded the journal Zeitschrift für Keilschriftforschung und verwandte Gebiete, which in 1886 was superseded by the Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete. Bezold was sole publisher of the journal in the period from 1886 to 1922, during which 34 volumes were published.[1][5]
In 1909, he edited and printed the Ethiopic epic Kebra Nagast, collating the most valuable texts and with critical notes.[6]
In June 1901, he was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (DLL) from the University of Glasgow.[7]
He died in Heidelberg on 21 November 1922.
In 1926, his Babylonian-Assyrian glossary ("Babylonisch-assyrisches Glossar") was published posthumously by his widow, Adele Bezold, and Hittitologist Albrecht Goetze.[8]
References
- ^ a b c d Bezold, Carl Christian Ernst @ NDB/ADB Deutsche Biographie
- ^ Archive.org Die Schatzhöhle; aus dem syrischen texte dreier unedirten Handschriften
- ^ Archive.org Catalogue of the cuneiform tablets in the Kouyunjik collection of the British museum
- ^ Archive.org The Tell El-Amarna Tablets in the British Museum with Autotype Facsimiles
- ^ HathiTrust Digital Library; Zeitschrift für Keilschriftforschung und verwandte Gebiete
- ^ Bezold, Carl. Kebra Nagast: Die Herrlichkeit der Könige (Kebra Nagast: the Glory of the Kings) Abhandlungen der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie, Band 23, Abth.
- ^ "Glasgow University Jubilee". The Times. No. 36481. London. 14 June 1901. p. 10. Retrieved 5 January 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ OCLC WorldCat Babylonisch-assyrisches Glossar
External links
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz (1975). "Carl Bezold". In Bautz, Friedrich Wilhelm (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 1. Hamm: Bautz. col. 574. ISBN 3-88309-013-1.
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- 1859 births
- 1922 deaths
- German orientalists
- German Assyriologists
- Syriacists
- German sinologists
- Academic staff of Heidelberg University
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