Profile
Abstract
Michael P. Streck has been professor of Ancient Near Eastern Studies and head of the Institute of Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the university of Leipzig since 2003. His research focuses on the grammar, the lexicon, the onomastics and the literature of the Semitic languages of the Ancient Near East, especially Akkadian (Babylonian-Assyrian), the most important language of the Ancient Near East, and the early Northwest Semitic languages (especially Amorite, but also early Aramaic). He also publishes on nomadism in the Ancient Near East, the relationship between man and nature in Mesopotamia, and the history of Ancient Near Eastern Studies. From 2004 until 2018, he was editor-in-charge of the Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie. Since 2008, he has been working, together with N. Wasserman from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, on the project Sources of Early Akkadian Literature, an online corpus of early Akkadian literary texts.
Research fields
Archaeology
Specializations
- Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie
- Sources of Early Akkadian Literature
- Etymological Dictionary of Akkadian: Supplement to the Akkadian Dictionaries
- Middle Assyrian Grammar
- Elektronisches Handbuch der Keilschrifttexte aus Mari
- Ausgrabungen in Idu/Satu Qala, (Irakisch-Kurdistan)
Contact for media inquiries
Phone: +49 341 97-37021
Fax: +49 341 97-37047