Reallexikon der Assyriologie
Encyclopedia
The Reallexikon der Assyriologie und vorderasiatischen Archäologie (RlA), formerly Reallexikon der Assyriologie is a German-language encyclopedia
on the Ancient Near East
, founded by Bruno Meissner
in 1922, reformed in 1966 by editor Ruth Opificius and publisher Wolfram von Soden
.
From 1972 to 2004 edited by Dietz-Otto Edzard
, since 2005 by Michael P. Streck.
Currently, a team of 73 authors of 14 countries are involved in the project and a total of five volumes have been published, volume 5 appearing in 2005. Letters R to Z have yet to appear.
To be distinguished from the Akkadisches Handwörterbuch
(AHw)
Encyclopedia
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on the Ancient Near East
Ancient Near East
The ancient Near East was the home of early civilizations within a region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East: Mesopotamia , ancient Egypt, ancient Iran The ancient Near East was the home of early civilizations within a region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East: Mesopotamia...
, founded by Bruno Meissner
Bruno Meissner
Bruno Meissner also Bruno Meißner was a German assyriologist.From 1904 to 1921 Meissner was professor at the University of Breslau, then from 1921 professor of assyriology at the University of Berlin. His main work on Babylonian and Assyrian cuneiform texts appeared in 1920 and 1925 in two volumes...
in 1922, reformed in 1966 by editor Ruth Opificius and publisher Wolfram von Soden
Wolfram von Soden
Wolfram Freiherr von Soden was a German Assyriologist.-Life and work:Born in Berlin, von Soden studied under Benno Landsberger at Leipzig and received his doctorate in 1931, at age 23, with his thesis Der hymnisch-epische Dialekt des Akkadischen...
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From 1972 to 2004 edited by Dietz-Otto Edzard
Dietz-Otto Edzard
Dietz-Otto Edzard was a German scholar of the Ancient Near East and grammarian of the Sumerian language.-Works:* Sumerian Grammar 2003...
, since 2005 by Michael P. Streck.
Currently, a team of 73 authors of 14 countries are involved in the project and a total of five volumes have been published, volume 5 appearing in 2005. Letters R to Z have yet to appear.
To be distinguished from the Akkadisches Handwörterbuch
Akkadisches Handwörterbuch
The Akkadisches Handwörterbuch is a German lexicon of Akkadian language by Wolfram von Soden often abbreviated as "AHw" which is a standard work for study of the Ancient Near East...
(AHw)