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Giovanni Pettinato

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Giovanni Pettinato


Born
in Troina , Italy
April 30, 1934

Died
May 19, 2011

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Giovanni Pettinato was a paleographer of writings from the ancient Near East, specializing in the Eblaite language. His major contributions to the field include the deciphering of the Eblaite script, discovered by P. Matthiae in 1974–75.
Pettinato graduated from Heidelberg in 1968, where he had studied for ten years. In 1968 he began teaching Assyriology at the University of Rome.
Pettinato died on May 19, 2011 at the age of 76. He was an emeritus of several associations, including the Accademia dei Lincei and authored several publications about the Sumerian and Mesopotamian civilizations.

Average rating: 3.96 · 131 ratings · 16 reviews · 23 distinct works
I Sumeri

3.95 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions
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La saga di Gilgamesh

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4.40 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1992
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Mitologia Sumerica

3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions
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Archives of Ebla: An Empire...

3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1979 — 7 editions
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I miti degli inferi assiro-...

4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Babilonia. Centro dell'univ...

4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1988
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La scrittura celeste: La na...

4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1998
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Semiramis: Herrin Über Assu...

3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1985 — 4 editions
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La città sepolta: I misteri...

4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1999
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Ebla: Nuovi orizzonti della...

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