George Smith

male, deceased (1876)
epicofgilgamesh, Assyriologist, banknote, assyria, Babylonia, Archaeologist…Kingdom of Israel, The Cuneiform Inscriptions of Western Asia, Society of Biblical Archaeology, Annals of Assur-bani-pal, eclipse of the sun
George Smith (Chelsea, London March 26, 1840 - August 19, 1876), was a pioneering English Assyriologist who first discovered and translated the...

Lugalbanda

male
epicofgilgamesh, gilgamesh, Sumerian ruler, Uruk, Sumerian king list, Sumerian mythology
According to the Sumerian king list, Lugalbanda was the third king of Uruk, father of Gilgamesh, the most famous king of that ancient City. Legend...
Hormuzd Rassam

Hormuzd Rassam

male, deceased (1910)
from Mosul, Iraqi Christian, epicofgilgamesh, Assyriology, Asia Minor, Assyriologist…Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, University of Oxford
Hormuzd Rassam (1826 - 16 September, 1910) was an Assyrian Assyriologist and traveller who made a number of important discoveries, including the...

Enmebaragesi

male
epicofgilgamesh, gilgamesh, elam, Sumerian ruler, kish, Nippur…Gilgamesh and Aga of Kish
Enmebaragesi ("Me-Baragesi", "En-Men-Barage-Si", "Enmebaragisi", fl. ca. 2600 BC), according to the Sumerian king list, was a king of Kish who...
Simo Parpola

Simo Parpola

male
greek philosophy, university of helsinki, kabbalah, decimal, assyria, epicofgilgamesh…gilgamesh, Professor of Assyriology
Simo Parpola is professor of Assyriology at the University of Helsinki located in Helsinki, Finland. He specialized in epigraphy of the Akkadian...
Sin-Liqe-Unninni

Sin-Liqe-Unninni

male
Babylonia, epicofgilgamesh, Incipit, Sumerian writer
Sin-liqe-unninni was a professional exorcist who lived in Babylonia between 1300 BC and 1000 BC. He is the author of the best preserved version of...

Andrew R. George

male
British, Academic, epicofgilgamesh, University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies
Andrew R. George is a British academic best known for his translations of The Epic of Gilgamesh. Andrew George is Professor of Babylonian,...