Hayim Tadmor
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Hayim Tadmor (November 18, 1923, Harbin
Harbin
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, China
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–December 11, 2005, Jerusalem, Israel
Israel
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) was a leading Israeli Assyriologist
Assyriology
Assyriology is the archaeological, historical, and linguistic study of ancient Mesopotamia and the related cultures that used cuneiform writing. The field covers the Akkadian sister-cultures of Assyria and Babylonia, together with their cultural predecessor; Sumer...

, and a profound influence on many students and scholars of the Ancient Near East throughout the world. A superb teacher and inspiring lecturer, his multilingual wit was known in many countries. As a student of Benno Landsberger
Benno Landsberger
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 and Sidney Smith
Sidney Smith
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, his knowledge was grounded in immediate knowledge and experience that went back to the earliest years of Assyriology.

Books

  • The Inscriptions of Tiglath-pileser III, King of Assyria: Critical Edition with Introduction, Translations and Commentary, Jerusalem: The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1994 (second printing with Addenda et Corrigenda 2007).

Further reading

  • Israel Ef'al and Nadav Na'aman (eds.),Royal Assyrian Inscriptions: History, Historiography and Ideology. A Conference in Honour of Hayim Tadmor on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday. Jerusalem: the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 2009 (With the exception of one article, the collection is in Hebrew).

External links

  • Hurowitz, Avigdor; Tigay, Jeffrey H. "Hayim Tadmor, 1923–2005: [Obituary]" at the American Academy of Jewish Research site.
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