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. 1992. “Quelques Nouvelles Tablettes Dans Les Collections Américaines.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 86 (2): 97–111. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23281867. [RA 086 (pp. 97-111) (Lafont1992Quelques)]

Lafont, Bertrand. 1994. “L’admonestation Des Anciens de Kurdâ à Leur Roi.” In Recueil d’études à La Mémoire de Maurice Birot, edited by Dominique Charpin and Jean-Marie Durand, 209–20. Florilegium Marianum 2. Paris: Société pour l’Étude du Proche-Orient Ancien. [FM 2, p.209-220 (Lafont1994admonestation)]

Lafont, Bertrand. 1994. “L’avènement de Šu-Sîn.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 88 (2): 97–119. [RA 88 (pp. 97-119) (Lafont1994RA88)]

Lafont, Bertrand. 1996. “L’extraction Du Mineral de Cuivre En Iran à La Fin Du IIIe Millénaire.” In Tablettes et Images Aux Pays de Sumer et d’Akkad. Mélanges Offerts à Monsieur H. Limet, edited by Önhan Tunca and D. Deheselle, 87–93. A.P.H.A., Association Pour La Promotion de l’Histoire et de l’Archéologie Orientales. Mémoires, no. 1. Liège: Université de Liège. [Fs Limet p.87-93 (Lafont1996cuivre)]

Lafont, Bertrand, and Fatma Yıldız. 1996. Tablettes Cunéiformes de Tello Au Musée d’Istanbul Datant de l’époque de La IIIe Dynastie d’Ur. II: (ITT II/1, 2544-2819, 3158-4342, 4708-4713). Publications de l’Institut Historique et Archéologique Néerlandais de Stamboul 77. Leiden: Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul. [TCTI 2 (Lafont1996TCTI2)]

Lafont, Bertrand. 1997. “Techniques Arboricoles à l’époque Amorrite. Transport et Acclimatation de Figuiers à Mari.” In Recueil d’études à La Mémoire de Marie-Thérèse Barrelet, edited by Dominique Charpin and Jean-Marie Durand, 263–68. Florilegium Marianum 3. Paris: Société pour l’Étude du Proche-Orient Ancien. [FM 3, p.263-268 (Lafont1997figuiers)]

Lafont, Bertrand. 1997. “Nouvelles Lettres de Ṣidqum-Lanasi, Vizir Du Royaume de Karkémish.” Mari, Annales de Recherches Interdisciplinaires 8: 781–84. [MARI 8, p.781-784 (Lafont1997Karkémish)]

Lafont, Bertrand. 1997. “Serments Politiques et Serments Judiciaires à l’époque Sumérienne: Quelques Données Nouvelles.” Edited by Sophie Lafont. Jurer et Maudire: Pratiques Politiques et Usages Juridiques Du Serment Dans Le Proche-Orient Ancien. Actes de La Table Ronde Organisée Par F. Joannès et S. Lafont Le Samedi 5 Octobre 1996 à l’Université de Paris X - Nanterre, Mediterranées, , no. 10–11: 42–47. [Mediterranees 10-11, 42-47 (Lafont1997Mediterranees10-11)]

Lafont, Bertrand. 2000. “Les Textes Judiciaires Sumériens.” In Rendre La Justice En Mésopotamie. Archives Judiciaires Du Proche-Orient Ancien (IIIe-Ier Millénaires Avant J.-C.), edited by Francis Joannès, 35–68. Temps & Espaces. Saint Denis: Presses Universitaires de Vincennes. [Rendre la justice, p.35-68 (Lafont2000textes-judiciaires)]

Lafont, Bertrand. 2001. “Relations Internationales, Alliances et Diplomatie Au Temps Des Rois de Mari.” In Mari, Ébla et Les Hourrites. Dix Ans de Travaux. Actes Du Colloque International (Paris, Mai 1993). 2me Partie, edited by Jean-Marie Durand and Dominique Charpin, 213–328. Amurru 2. Paris: Éditions Recherche sur les Civilisations. [Amurru 2, p. 213-328 (Lafont2001diplomatie)]


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Cite this Author
CDLI contributors. 2025. “Lafont, Bertrand - Authors.” Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. May 20, 2025. https://cdli.earth/authors/261?pub%5Bpage%5D=3.
CDLI contributors. (2025, May 20). Lafont, Bertrand - Authors. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. https://cdli.earth/authors/261?pub%5Bpage%5D=3
CDLI contributors (2025) Lafont, Bertrand - Authors, Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. Available at: https://cdli.earth/authors/261?pub%5Bpage%5D=3 (Accessed: May 20, 2025).
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