Assyriology

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academic discipline area of study subfield of ancient Near Eastern studies

Assyriology is the academic study of the ancient Mesopotamian civilizations, languages, and texts written in cuneiform script.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Assyriology canonical	15
modern Assyriology	1

Statements (70)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic discipline ⓘ area of study ⓘ subfield of ancient Near Eastern studies ⓘ
developedFrom	decipherment of cuneiform ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: ancient Mesopotamia
goal	interpret cuneiform texts ⓘ reconstruct history of ancient Mesopotamia ⓘ understand ancient Mesopotamian culture ⓘ
hasMethod	archaeological interpretation ⓘ epigraphic study ⓘ historical reconstruction ⓘ philological analysis ⓘ
hasNotableFigure	A. Leo Oppenheim ⓘ Benno Landsberger NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward Hincks ⓘ Friedrich Delitzsch ⓘ Henry Creswicke Rawlinson ⓘ Jean Bottéro ⓘ Jules Oppert ⓘ Samuel Noah Kramer ⓘ Thorkild Jacobsen ⓘ
relatedTo	archaeology ⓘ biblical studies ⓘ history ⓘ linguistics ⓘ philology ⓘ religious studies ⓘ
studies	Akkadian language ⓘ Assyria ⓘ surface form: Assyrian Empire Assyrian dialect of Akkadian ⓘ Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ surface form: Babylonian Empire Babylonian dialect of Akkadian ⓘ Mesopotamian administration ⓘ Mesopotamian astronomy ⓘ Mesopotamian cities ⓘ Mesopotamian divination ⓘ Mesopotamian economic texts ⓘ Mesopotamian economy ⓘ Mesopotamian kingship ⓘ Mesopotamian law ⓘ Mesopotamian law codes ⓘ Mesopotamian literature ⓘ Mesopotamian magic ⓘ Mesopotamian mathematics ⓘ Mesopotamian religion ⓘ Mesopotamian rituals ⓘ Mesopotamian science ⓘ Mesopotamian temples ⓘ Sumerian city-states ⓘ Sumerian language ⓘ administrative texts ⓘ ancient Mesopotamian civilizations ⓘ astronomical texts ⓘ cuneiform script ⓘ cuneiform tablets ⓘ epic poetry ⓘ historical chronicles ⓘ lexical lists ⓘ mythological texts ⓘ omen texts ⓘ royal inscriptions ⓘ
taughtAt	Johns Hopkins University ⓘ Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich ⓘ Sorbonne University ⓘ Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge University of Chicago ⓘ University of Leipzig NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Oxford ⓘ University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
usesScript	cuneiform ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Epic of Gilgamesh → scholarlyField → Assyriology ⓘ

Hormuzd Rassam → fieldOfWork → Assyriology ⓘ

Anatolian studies → relatedTo → Assyriology ⓘ

Sumerian language → studiedBy → Assyriology ⓘ

Neo-Assyrian → studiedInField → Assyriology ⓘ

Urartian language → researchField → Assyriology ⓘ

Sumerian literature → rediscoveredBy → Assyriology ⓘ

this entity surface form: modern Assyriology

Kesh Temple Hymn → studiedInDiscipline → Assyriology ⓘ

Instructions of Shuruppak → scholarlyField → Assyriology ⓘ

Inanna's Descent to the Underworld → scholarlyField → Assyriology ⓘ

Code of Lipit-Ishtar → fieldOfStudy → Assyriology ⓘ

Enlil and Ninlil → scholarlyField → Assyriology ⓘ

Austen Henry Layard → fieldOfWork → Assyriology ⓘ

Hormuzd → fieldOfWork → Assyriology ⓘ

subject surface form: Hormuzd Rassam

Proto-Elamite period → hasResearchField → Assyriology ⓘ

Proto-Elamite script → researchField → Assyriology ⓘ