Dietz Otto Edzard
Dietz Otto Edzard was a German scholar of the Ancient Near East and grammarian of the Sumerian language.
He was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1976 and an International member of the American Philosophical Society in 1996.
Works
Sumerian Grammar 2003Geschichte Mesopotamiens: Von den Sumerern bis zu Alexander dem Großen 2004Gudea and His Dynasty 1997"Gilgames und Huwawa" : Zwei Versionen der sumerischen Zedernwaldepisode nebst einer Edition von Version " B " 1993Die Orts- und Gewässernamen der präsargonischen und sargonischen Zeit 1977Among his final works was a 55-page essay on Ancient Babylonian literature and religion published by the Czech Academy of Science in 2005.