Falkenstein, Adam

 

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Biography and Research

Name

Falkenstein, Adam

Dates

17 September 1906 - 15 October 1966

Birthplace

Planegg, Germany

Specialisation

Assyriology

Major works

Die Haupttypen der sumerischen Beschwörung (LSS NF I), Leipzig 1931 Literarische Keilschrifttexte aus Uruk, Berlin 1931 Archaische Texte aus Uruk, Leipzig 1936 Topographie von Uruk, Leipzig 1941 Grammatik der Sprache Gudeas von Lagash (AnOr 28-29), Roma 1949-50 Sumerische und akkadische Hymnen und Gebete, Zürich/Stuttgart 1953 (with W. von Soden) Die neusumerischen Gerichtsurkunden, Müchen 1956-1957 Sumerische Götterlieder, Heidelberg 1959 Das Sumerische, Leiden 1959 Die Inschriften Gudeas von Lagas, Roma 1966

Remarks

Studied at the University of München under F. Hommel, and University of Leipzig under Landsberger Ph.D., University of Leipzig, 1929 Philologist of the German excavations at Uruk, 1930/1931- Associate Professor of Assyriology, Göttingen University, 1940- Professor of Semitic Philology, Heidelberg University, 1949- Editor of Orientalische Literaturzeitung (1939-1944) Editor of Zeitschrift für Assyriologie (1950-1966)

Obituaries

ZA 58 (1967) (W. von Soden) ZA 59 (1969) 1-10 (D.O. Edzard) AfO 22 (1968-69) 207-208 (E. Weidner), with photo Jahrbuch der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1967, 1-9 (H. Petschow) ZSSR 84 (1967) 630-635 (H. Petschow)

Festschrift

Edzard, D. O. (Ed.), Heidelberger Studien zum Alten Orient, Wiesbaden 1967 (pp. 1-11: Bibliography)

Publications

Çığ, Muazzez İlmiye, Hatice Kızılyay, and Adam Falkenstein. 1959. “Neue Rechts- Und Gerichtsurkunden Der Ur III-Zeit Aus Lagaš Aus Den Sammlungen Der Istanbuler Archäologischen Museen.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 53: 51–92. https://doi.org/10.1515/zava.1959.53.1.51. [ZA 053 (pp. 51-92) (Cig1959Neue)]

Falkenstein, Adam. 1931. “Literarische Keilschrifttexte Aus Uruk.” [LKU (Falkenstein1931LKU)]

Falkenstein, Adam. 1931. Die Haupttypen Der Sumerischen Beschwörung Literarisch Untersucht. Leipzig. [LSS NF 1 (Falkenstein1931LSSNF1)]

Falkenstein, Adam. 1936. Archaische Texte Aus Uruk. Ausgrabungen Der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft in Uruk-Warka 2. Berlin: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. [ADFU 2 (Falkenstein1936-BARMKKG7)]

Falkenstein, Adam. 1936. Archaische Texte Aus Uruk. Ausgrabungen Der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft in Uruk-Warka, Band 2. Leipzig: Harrassowitz. [ATU 1 (Falkenstein1936ATU1)]

Falkenstein, Adam. 1937. Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 40. [OLZ 40 (Falkenstein1937OLZ40)]

Falkenstein, Adam. 1938. “Ein Sumerischer „Gottesbrief".” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 44: 1–25. [ZA 44 (pp. 1-25) (Falkenstein1938ZA44)]

Falkenstein, Adam. 1938. “ZA 44 (Pp. 1-25) [2].” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 44: 1–25. [ZA 44 (pp. 1-25) [2] (Falkenstein1938Zeitschrift)]

Falkenstein, Adam. 1939. “Untersuchungen Zur Sumerischen Grammatik.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 45 (2–3): 169–94. https://doi.org/10.1515/zava.1939.45.2-3.169. [Falkenstein, ZA 45/2-3 (1939) (Falkenstein1939-IVNM6R9R)]

Falkenstein, Adam. 1939. Zehnter Vorläufiger Bericht Über Die von Der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft in Uruk-Warka Unternommenen Ausgrabungen. [UVB 10, pl. 26b (Falkenstein1939UVB10)]


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CDLI contributors. 2026. “Falkenstein, Adam - Authors.” Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. September 10, 2026. https://cdli.earth/authors/42.
CDLI contributors. (2026, September 10). Falkenstein, Adam - Authors. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. https://cdli.earth/authors/42
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Cite this Author

CDLI contributors. 2026. “Falkenstein, Adam - Authors.” Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. September 10, 2026. https://cdli.earth/authors/42.
CDLI contributors. (2026, September 10). Falkenstein, Adam - Authors. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. https://cdli.earth/authors/42
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