Alster, Bendt

 

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  • Birth Year: 1946
  • Death Year: 2012
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Biography and Research

Bendt Aage Valentin Alster (1946-2012) was a Danish Sumerologist, employed at the University of Copenhagen from 1978 until his retirement in 2005.

Publications

Alster, Bendt. 1976. “On the Earliest Sumerian Literary Tradition.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 28 (2): 109–26. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359501. [JCS 28 (pp. 109- 126) (Alster1976JCS28)]

Alster, Bendt. 1976. “A Sumerian Riddle Collection.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 35 (4): 263–67. https://doi.org/10.1086/372508. [JNES 35 (pp. 263-267) (Alster1976JNES35)]

Alster, Bendt. 1978. “Sumerian Proverb Collection Seven.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 72: 97–112. [RA 72, p.97-112 (Alster1978collection7)]

Alster, Bendt. 1978. “In Defense of the Authenticity of a Statue of Gudea.” The Statues of Gudea Ancient and Modern, Mesopotamia, 6: 49–59. [Alster in Johansen, Mesopotamia 6 (Alster1978Gudea)]

Alster, Bendt. 1980. “Sumerian Proverb Collection XXIV.” Edited by Bendt Alster, 33–50. [Assyriological Miscellenies (pp. 33-50) (Alster1980AssMisc)]

Alster, Bendt. 1982. “Recent Éditions of Sumerian Literary Fragments.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 76. [Alster RA 076 (p. 191) (Alster1982RA76)]

Alster, Bendt. 1985. “A Dumuzi Lament in Late Copies.” Acta Sumerologica 7: 1–9. [ASJ 7, p.1-9 (Alster1985lament)]

Alster, Bendt, and Ulla Jeyes. 1986. “A Sumerian Poem about Early Rulers.” Acta Sumerologica 8: 1–11. [ASJ 8, p.1-11 (Alster1986poem)]

Alster, Bendt. 1987. “Errata Corrige Ad Bendt Alster, Ur 3 Texts in Danish Private Collections, OA XXVI, 1-2 (1987).” Oriens Antiquus 26: 319. [OrAnt 26, p.319 (Alster1987errata)]

Alster, Bendt. 1987. “Ur 3 Texts in Danish Private Collections.” Oriens Antiquus 26: 5–11. [OrAnt 26, p.5-11 (Alster1987Ur-3-texts)]


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2003-02-26 at 00:00:00 Artifact 20030226 johnsonjc Author approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 Artifact 20020711 molina Author approved

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Cite this Author

CDLI contributors. 2025. “Alster, Bendt - Authors.” Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. November 11, 2025. https://cdli.earth/authors/552?pub%5Bpage%5D=2.
CDLI contributors. (2025, November 11). Alster, Bendt - Authors. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. https://cdli.earth/authors/552?pub%5Bpage%5D=2
CDLI contributors (2025) Alster, Bendt - Authors, Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. Available at: https://cdli.earth/authors/552?pub%5Bpage%5D=2 (Accessed: November 11, 2025).
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Cite this Author

CDLI contributors. 2025. “Alster, Bendt - Authors.” Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. November 11, 2025. https://cdli.earth/authors/552?pub%5Bpage%5D=2.
CDLI contributors. (2025, November 11). Alster, Bendt - Authors. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. https://cdli.earth/authors/552?pub%5Bpage%5D=2
CDLI contributors (2025) Alster, Bendt - Authors, Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. Available at: https://cdli.earth/authors/552?pub%5Bpage%5D=2 (Accessed: November 11, 2025).
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