Carl Bezold

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Carl Bezold

Carl Bezold (18 May 1859 – 21 November 1922) was a German

Ge'ez (Ethiopic) and Arabic.[1]

Biography

Carl Bezold was born in

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with Fritz Hommel, he founded the journal Zeitschrift für Keilschriftforschung und verwandte Gebiete, which in 1886 was superseded by the Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete.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

  1. ^ a b c d Bezold, Carl Christian Ernst @ NDB/ADB Deutsche Biographie
  2. ^ Archive.org Die Schatzhöhle; aus dem syrischen texte dreier unedirten Handschriften
  3. ^ Archive.org Catalogue of the cuneiform tablets in the Kouyunjik collection of the British museum
  4. ^ Archive.org The Tell El-Amarna Tablets in the British Museum with Autotype Facsimiles
  5. ^ HathiTrust Digital Library; Zeitschrift für Keilschriftforschung und verwandte Gebiete
  6. ^ Bezold, Carl. Kebra Nagast: Die Herrlichkeit der Könige (Kebra Nagast: the Glory of the Kings) Abhandlungen der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie, Band 23, Abth.
  7. ^ "Glasgow University Jubilee". The Times. No. 36481. London. 14 June 1901. p. 10. Retrieved 5 January 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ OCLC WorldCat Babylonisch-assyrisches Glossar

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