Lafont, Bertrand
- Institution: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris
- Email: bertrand.lafont@cnrs.fr
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Biography and Research
Address (office)
Maison de l’Archéologie et de l’Ethnologie R. Ginouvès
CNRS UMR 7041, casier 17
21, allée de l’Université
92001 Nanterre, France
Curriculum vitae
- PhD in Ancient History (1981, University of Paris I-Sorbonne).
- Habilitation conferred to research direction (1996).
- Former Member of the French Institute of Anatolian Studies in Istanbul (1981-1983).
- Former Scientific Director of Archaeology and Ancient History at the IFPO (French Institute of the Near East) in Beirut, Damascus and Amman (2003-2008).
- Co-Director of the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative
- Chief editor of the Cuneiform Digital Library Preprints.
Current Research
- Socio-economic and political history of the ancient Near East during the 3rd and 2nd millennium B.C. Edition of cuneiform documents of these periods.
Publications
Bardet, Guillaume, Bertrand Lafont, Pierre Villard, Denis Soubeyran, and Francis Joannès. 1984. Archives Administratices de Mari I. Archives Royales de Mari 23. Paris: Éditions Recherche sur les Civilisations. [ARM 23 (Bardet1984ARM23)]
Charpin, Dominique, Bertrand Lafont, Sylvie Lackenbacher, and Francis Joannès. 1988. Archives Épistolaires de Mari I/2. Archives Royales de Mari 26/2. Paris: Editions Recherche sur les Civilisations. [ARM 26/2 (Charpin1988ARM26/2)]
Lafont, Bertrand. 1980. “Un Nouveau Texte d’Ur III Sur l’irrigation.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 74: 29–42. [RA 74, p.29-42 (Lafont1980irrigation)]
Lafont, Bertrand. 1981. “Bibliographie: A Propos de La Publication d’un Ouvrage Récent (MVN 8).” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 75: 75–88. [RA 75, p.75-88 (Lafont1981MVN8)]
Lafont, Bertrand. 1981. “Six Tablettes Inédites.” Acta Sumerologica 3: 185–91. [ASJ 3, p.185-191 (Lafont1981tablettes)]
Lafont, Bertrand. 1983. “Deux Notes Sur Les Règnes de Šu-Sîn et Ibbi-Sîn.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 77 (1): 69–71. [RA 077 (pp. 69-71) (Lafont1983RA77)]
Lafont, Bertrand. 1985. Documents Administratifs Sumériens Provenant Du Site de Tello et Conservés Au Musée Du Louvre. Paris: Éditions Recherche sur les Civilisations. [DAS (Lafont1985DAS)]
Lafont, Bertrand. 1985. “Le Sâbum Du Roi de Mari Au Temps de Yasmah-Addu.” In Miscellanea Babylonica : Mélanges Offerts à Maurice Birot, edited by Jean-Marie Durand and Jean-Robert Kupper, 161–80. Paris : Éditions Recherche sur les civilisations. [Fs Birot (pp. 161-180) (Lafont1985FsBirot)]
Lafont, Bertrand. 1985. “Relecture Des Tablettes de L. Legrain, Le Temps Des Rois d’Ur.” Acta Sumerologica 7: 165–88. [ASJ 7, p.165-188 (Lafont1985TRU)]
Lafont, Bertrand. 1986. “Tablettes Cunéiformes de l’Abbaye de Solesmes.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 80 (1): 9–18. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23282242. [RA 080 (pp. 9-18) (Lafont1986RA80)]
First
Co-Director at CDLI
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| 2025-06-16 at 21:53:34 | Atf | This is based on Bartash and Andrew 2025, 44 (see below): Bartash, Vitali, and Andrew Pottorf. 2025. “Muškēnum in Third-Millennium BC Mesopotamia.” Pages 19–48 in Beyond Slavery and Freedom in Ancient Mesopotamia. Edited by Vitali Bartash and Andrew Pottorf. JANEH 12.1. | Reviewer | approved |
| 2025-06-16 at 21:51:42 | Atf | This is based on Bartash and Andrew 2025, 44 (see below): Bartash, Vitali, and Andrew Pottorf. 2025. “Muškēnum in Third-Millennium BC Mesopotamia.” Pages 19–48 in Beyond Slavery and Freedom in Ancient Mesopotamia. Edited by Vitali Bartash and Andrew Pottorf. JANEH 12.1. | Reviewer | approved |
| 2025-06-16 at 21:47:34 | Atf | This is based on Bartash and Andrew 2025, 44 (see below): Bartash, Vitali, and Andrew Pottorf. 2025. “Muškēnum in Third-Millennium BC Mesopotamia.” Pages 19–48 in Beyond Slavery and Freedom in Ancient Mesopotamia. Edited by Vitali Bartash and Andrew Pottorf. JANEH 12.1. | Reviewer | approved |
| 2025-06-16 at 21:25:22 | Atf | This is based on Bartash and Andrew 2025, 44 (see below): Bartash, Vitali, and Andrew Pottorf. 2025. “Muškēnum in Third-Millennium BC Mesopotamia.” Pages 19–48 in Beyond Slavery and Freedom in Ancient Mesopotamia. Edited by Vitali Bartash and Andrew Pottorf. JANEH 12.1. | Reviewer | approved |
| 2025-06-16 at 21:14:42 | Atf | This is based on Bartash and Andrew 2025, 44 (see below): Bartash, Vitali, and Andrew Pottorf. 2025. “Muškēnum in Third-Millennium BC Mesopotamia.” Pages 19–48 in Beyond Slavery and Freedom in Ancient Mesopotamia. Edited by Vitali Bartash and Andrew Pottorf. JANEH 12.1. | Reviewer | approved |
| 2025-06-16 at 15:13:46 | Artifact | Reviewer | approved | |
| 2025-06-16 at 15:12:09 | Artifact | Reviewer | approved | |
| 2025-06-14 at 21:23:03 | Atf | This is based on Pottorf 2025, 110 (see below): Pottorf, Andrew. 2025. “UN-il2 (‘Menials’) as a Serflike Social Stratum during the Ur III Period.” Pages 83–113 in Beyond Slavery and Freedom in Ancient Mesopotamia. Edited by Vitali Bartash and Andrew Pottorf. JANEH 12.1. | Reviewer | approved |
| 2025-06-14 at 20:46:32 | Atf | This is based on Pottorf 2025, 110 (see below): Pottorf, Andrew. 2025. “UN-il2 (‘Menials’) as a Serflike Social Stratum during the Ur III Period.” Pages 83–113 in Beyond Slavery and Freedom in Ancient Mesopotamia. Edited by Vitali Bartash and Andrew Pottorf. JANEH 12.1. | Reviewer | approved |
| 2025-06-14 at 12:51:54 | Atf | This is based on Pottorf 2025, 111 (see below): Pottorf, Andrew. 2025. “UN-il2 (‘Menials’) as a Serflike Social Stratum during the Ur III Period.” Pages 83–113 in Beyond Slavery and Freedom in Ancient Mesopotamia. Edited by Vitali Bartash and Andrew Pottorf. JANEH 12.1. | Reviewer | approved |