 | Gudea and his Dynasty Subjects: Cuneiform inscriptions Sumerian; Cuneiform inscriptions Akkadian; Sumerian language -- Texts; Akkadian language -- Texts; Lagash (Extinct city) -- Kings and rulers; Lagash (Extinct city) -- History -- Sources; Babylonia -- Kings and rulers; Babylonia --; This volume of RIM focuses on the Second Dynasty of Lagas, and concentrates mainly on the inscriptions of Cylinders A and B of the most important king of that dynasty, Gudea. Edzard Sibylle : Dietz Edzard is a professor for the Institut für Assyriologie und Hethitologie at the University of Munich. He has been active over the years at the Iraq Museum, Baghdad, and Italian excavations at Tell Marikh (Ebla), Northern Syria. He is a member of the International Committee for the Ebla texts, the Bavarian Academy, the Royal Netherlands Academy, the American Philosophical Society, the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (Chicago Assyrian Dictionary), and the University Museum, Philadelphia. He has contributed work to the RIM Project since 1985, and currently Editor in charge of Early Periods. |
