| LC control no. | no 93000597 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Winckler, Hugo, 1863-1913 |
| Associated country | Germany |
| Birth date | 18630704 |
| Death date | 19130419 |
| Field of activity | Archaeology History |
| Affiliation | Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin |
| Profession or occupation | Archaeologists Historians College teachers |
| Found in | Code of Hammurabi. German & Akkadian. Die Gesetze Hammurabis ... [MI] 1904: t.p. (Hugo Winckler) Enc. Britannica, 15th ed.: v. 10, p. 699 (Winckler, Hugo; b. July 4, 1863; d. April 19, 1913) Wikipedia, viewed 9 Dec. 2021 (Hugo Winckler (4 July 1863 - 19 April 1913) was a German archaeologist and historian who uncovered the capital of the Hittite Empire (Hattusa) at Boğazkale, Turkey. A student of the languages of the ancient Middle East, he wrote extensively on Assyrian cuneiform and the Old Testament, compiled a history of Babylonia and Assyrian that was published in 1891, and translated both the Code of Hammurabi and the Amarna letters. In 1904, he was appointed professor of Oriental languages at the University of Berlin.) |
| Associated language | ger |
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