Finkelstein, Jacob J.

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Birth Year: 1922
Death Year: 1974
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Name	Language
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Biography and Research

Name

Finkelstein, Jacob Joel

Dates

22 March 1922 - 28 November 1974

Birthplace

Brooklyn, N.Y.

Specialisation

Assyriology

Major works

Cuneiform Texts from Tell Billa: JCS 7 (1953) 111-176 The Sultantepe Tablets I, London 1957 (with O.R. Gurney) Old-Babylonian Legal Documents (CT 48), London 1968 Late Old Babylonian Documents and Letters, New Haven 1972 The Ox That Gored, Philadelphia 1981

Remarks

Research Assistant in Near Eastern Languages, Yale University (1953-1955) Professor of Assyriology, University of California, Berkeley, 1955-1965 Professor of Assyriology, Yale University, 1965-1974

Obituaries

JAOS 95 (1975) 589-591 (H.A. Hoffner); Assur 1/4 (1975) 1-2 (W.W. Hallo)

Festschrift

Ellis, Maria de Jong (Ed.), Essays on the Ancient Near East in Memory of Jacob Joel Finkelstein, Hamden, Connecticut 1977 (pp. 227-229: Bibliography)

Publications

Leichty, Erle V., Jacob J. Finkelstein, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 1988. Tablets from Sippar 3. Catalogue of the Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 8. British Museum Press. [CBT 8 (CBT81988)]

Finkelstein, Jacob J. 1953. “Cuneiform Texts from Tell Billa.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 7 (4): 111–76. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359528. [JCS 07 (pp. 111-176) (Finkelstein1953JCS7)]

Finkelstein, Jacob J. 1954. [CRRAI 04, 177-81 (Finkelstein1954-102524)]

Finkelstein, Jacob J. 1955. “Subartu and Subarians in Old Babylonian Sources.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 9 (1): 1–7. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359052. [JCS 9 (pp. 1-7) (Finkelstein1955JCS9)]

Finkelstein, Jacob J. 1956. “A Hittite Mandattu-Text.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 10 (3): 101–5. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359314. [JCS 10 (pp. 101-105) (Finkelstein1956JCS10)]

Finkelstein, Jacob J. 1957. “The So-Called ‘Old Babylonian Kutha Legend.’” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 11 (4): 83–88. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359024. [JCS 11 (pp. 83-88) (Finkelstein1957JCS11)]

Finkelstein, Jacob J. 1957. “Assyrian Contracts from Sultantepe.” Anatolian Studies 7: 137–45. [AnSt 7, p.137-145 (Finkelstein1957Sultantepe)]

Finkelstein, Jacob J. 1959. “The Year Dates of Samsuditana.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 13 (2): 39–49. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359210. [JCS 13, p.39-49 (Finkelstein1959Samsuditana)]

Finkelstein, Jacob J. 1961. “Ammiṣaduqa’s Edict and the Babylonian ‘Law Codes.’” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 15 (3): 91–104. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359019. [JCS 15, 93 (date) (Finkelstein1961JCS15)]

Finkelstein, Jacob J. 1962. “Mesopotamia.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 21 (2): 73–92. https://doi.org/10.1086/371676. [JNES 21 (pp. 73-92) (Finkelstein1962JNES21)]

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CDLI contributors. 2026. “Finkelstein, Jacob J. - Authors.” Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. October 13, 2026. https://cdli.earth/authors/235.

CDLI contributors. (2026, October 13). Finkelstein, Jacob J. - Authors. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. https://cdli.earth/authors/235

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Cite this Author

CDLI contributors. 2026. “Finkelstein, Jacob J. - Authors.” Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. October 13, 2026. https://cdli.earth/authors/235.

CDLI contributors. (2026, October 13). Finkelstein, Jacob J. - Authors. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. https://cdli.earth/authors/235

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