Andrew R. George
Andrew R. George | |
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| Born | 1955 (age 68–69) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Known for | Edition and translation of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London |
Andrew R. George (born 1955) is a British Assyriologist and academic best known for his edition and translation of the
Biography
Andrew George studied
His best-known book is a translation of The Epic of Gilgamesh for Penguin Classics (2000).[1][2][3][4]
He has been elected Honorary Member of the American Oriental Society (2012). He is a former Visiting Professor at the Heidelberg University (2000), Member of the prestigious Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton (2004-2005) and Research Associate at Rikkyo University, Tokyo (2009).[4]
Books
- House Most High: The Temples of Ancient Mesopotamia (Mesopotamian Civilizations, Vol 5), ISBN 0-931464-80-3
- The Epic of Gilgamesh: The Babylonian Epic Poem and Other Texts in Akkadian and Sumerian, 228pp, London: ISBN 0-14-044721-0.
- The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: Critical Edition and Cuneiform Texts, 996pp, Oxford University Press (England) (2003) ISBN 0-19-814922-0.
- Babylonian Literary Texts (2009), Cuneiform Royal Inscriptions (2011), Babylonian Divinatory Texts (2013) and Assyrian Archival Documents in the Schøyen Collection (2017), Capital Decisions Ltd.
Co-Editor of Journal
From 1994 to 2011 Andrew R. George was co-editor of the archaeological journal Iraq.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Andrew George | SOAS University of London - Academia.edu". soas.academia.edu. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Professor Andrew George". The British Academy. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
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- ^ a b c "Professor Andrew R George | Staff | SOAS University of London". www.soas.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
External links
- University of London, staff
- BBC Radio 4 In Our Time, "The Epic of Gilgamesh". George on the panel with Frances Reynolds and Martin Worthington.
- Lecture on the Epic of Gilgamesh on the Harvard Semitic MuseumYouTube Channel, uploaded 30 January 2017.
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