Joachim Menant
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Joachim Menant was a French magistrate and orientalist.
He was born at Cherbourg. He studied law and became vice-president of the civil tribunal of Rouen
in 1878, and a member of the appeals court three years later. But he became best known by his studies on cuneiform
inscriptions.
Among his many works on Assyriology
are:
He also collaborated with Julius Oppert
. He was admitted to the Academy of Inscriptions in 1887, and died in Paris two years later.
His daughter Delphine (b. 1850) received a prize from the Académie française
for her Les Parsis, histoire des communautés zoroastriennes de l'Inde (1898), and was sent in 1900-1901 to British India on a scientific mission, of which she published a report in 1903.
He was born at Cherbourg. He studied law and became vice-president of the civil tribunal of Rouen
Rouen
Rouen , in northern France on the River Seine, is the capital of the Haute-Normandie region and the historic capital city of Normandy. Once one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe , it was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy in the Middle Ages...
in 1878, and a member of the appeals court three years later. But he became best known by his studies on cuneiform
Cuneiform script
Cuneiform script )) is one of the earliest known forms of written expression. Emerging in Sumer around the 30th century BC, with predecessors reaching into the late 4th millennium , cuneiform writing began as a system of pictographs...
inscriptions.
Among his many works on Assyriology
Assyria
Assyria was a Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant as a nation state from the mid–23rd century BC to 608 BC centred on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia , that came to rule regional empires a number of times through history. It was named for its original capital, the ancient city of Assur...
are:
- Recueil d'alphabets des écritures cunéiformes (1860)
- Exposé des éléments de la grammaire assyrienne (1868)
- Le Syllabaire assyrien (2 vols., 1869-1873)
- Les Langues perdues de la Perse et de l'Assyrie (2 vols., 1885-1886)
- Les Pierres gravées de la Haute-Asie (2 vols., 1883-1886)
He also collaborated with Julius Oppert
Julius Oppert
Julius Oppert , French-German Assyriologist, was born at Hamburg, of Jewish parents.After studying at Heidelberg, Bonn and Berlin, he graduated at Kiel in 1847; and the next year went to France, where he was teacher of German at Laval and at Reims...
. He was admitted to the Academy of Inscriptions in 1887, and died in Paris two years later.
His daughter Delphine (b. 1850) received a prize from the Académie française
Académie française
L'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
for her Les Parsis, histoire des communautés zoroastriennes de l'Inde (1898), and was sent in 1900-1901 to British India on a scientific mission, of which she published a report in 1903.