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.

Webpage

Publications

Lafont, Bertrand. 1987. [NABU 1987/004 (Lafont1987-28147)]

Lafont, Bertrand. 1987. “Addenda et Corrigenda, M.A.R.I. 1-4.” Mari, Annales de Recherches Interdisciplinaires 5: 697–98. [MARI 5, p. 697-698 (Lafont1987addenda)]

Lafont, Bertrand. 1987. “Apropos de l’absence Cyclique Dei Femmes.” NABU, Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires 1987 (2). [NABU 1987/045 (Lafont1987NABU45)]

Lafont, Bertrand. 1987. “Les Deux Tablettes Néo-Sumériennes de Mari.” Mari, Annales de Recherches Interdisciplinaires 5: 626–27. [MARI 5, p.626-627 (Lafont1987tablettes)]

Lafont, Bertrand, and Fatma Yıldız. 1989. Tablettes Cunéiformes de Tello Au Musée d’Istanbul Datant de l’époque de La IIIe Dynastie d’Ur. I: (ITT II/1,617-1038). Publications de l’Institut Historique et Archéologique Néerlandais de Stamboul 65. Leiden: Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul. [TCTI 1 (Lafont1989TCTI1)]

Lafont, Bertrand. 1990. “Nouvelles Lettres Du Temps Des Rois d’Ur.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 84 (2): 165–69. [RA 084 (pp. 165-169) (Lafont1990RA84)]

Lafont, Bertrand. 1991. “Les Forgerons Sumériens de La Ville de Girsu.” Anatolia Antiqua 1: 119–30. https://doi.org/10.3406/anata.1991.1145. [DAA 1 (pp. 119-130) (Lafont1991Forgerons)]

Lafont, Bertrand. 1991. “Un Homme d’affaires à Karkemiš.” In Marchands, Diplomates et Empereurs. Études Sur La Civilisation Mésopotamienne Offertes À Paul Garelli, edited by Dominique Charpin and Francis Joannès, 275–86. Paris: Éditions Recherche sur les Civilisations. [Fs Garelli p.275-286 (Lafont1991Karkemiš)]

Lafont, Bertrand. 1992. “La Tablette ITT II 944.” NABU, Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires 1992. [NABU 1992:57 (Lafont1992NABU57)]

Lafont, Bertrand. 1992. “Nuit Dramatique à Mari.” In Florilegium Marianum. Recueil d’études En l’honneur de Michel Fleury, edited by Jean-Marie Durand, 93–105. Paris: Société pour l’Étude du Proche-Orient Ancien. [FM 1, p. 93-105 (Lafont1992nuit)]


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Cite this Author

CDLI contributors. 2026. “Lafont, Bertrand - Authors.” Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. March 11, 2026. https://cdli.earth/authors/261?pub%5Bpage%5D=2&update_events%5Bpage%5D=5.
CDLI contributors. (2026, March 11). Lafont, Bertrand - Authors. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. https://cdli.earth/authors/261?pub%5Bpage%5D=2&update_events%5Bpage%5D=5
CDLI contributors (2026) Lafont, Bertrand - Authors, Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. Available at: https://cdli.earth/authors/261?pub%5Bpage%5D=2&update_events%5Bpage%5D=5 (Accessed: March 11, 2026).
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Cite this Author

CDLI contributors. 2026. “Lafont, Bertrand - Authors.” Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. March 11, 2026. https://cdli.earth/authors/261?pub%5Bpage%5D=2&update_events%5Bpage%5D=5.
CDLI contributors. (2026, March 11). Lafont, Bertrand - Authors. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. https://cdli.earth/authors/261?pub%5Bpage%5D=2&update_events%5Bpage%5D=5
CDLI contributors (2026) Lafont, Bertrand - Authors, Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. Available at: https://cdli.earth/authors/261?pub%5Bpage%5D=2&update_events%5Bpage%5D=5 (Accessed: March 11, 2026).
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