Dietz-Otto Edzard
Dietz-Otto Edzard was a German scholar of the Ancient Near East and grammarian of the Sumerian language.
He was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1976.Works
- Sumerian Grammar 2003
- Geschichte Mesopotamiens: Von den Sumerern bis zu Alexander dem Großen 2004
- Gudea and His Dynasty 1997
- "Gilgames und Huwawa" : Zwei Versionen der sumerischen Zedernwaldepisode nebst einer Edition von Version " B " 1993
- Die Orts- und Gewässernamen der präsargonischen und sargonischen Zeit 1977
Among his final works was a 55-page essay on Ancient Babylonian literature and religion published by the Czech Academy of Science in 2005.
