Georges Contenau

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Georges Contenau (April 9, 1877 Laon – March 22, 1964 Paris) was a French archeologist, orientalist and religious historian who was an expert in the field of culture and religion of the civilizations of the Near and Middle East.^[1]

Life

Contenau was professor at the University of Brussels from 1932 to 1947. He was chief curator of Oriental antiquities at the Musée du Louvre from 1927 to 1946.^[2] He led several archaeological expeditions to Susa, Sidon and Nahavand. From 1946 to 1957 he was director general of the French Archaeological Mission in Iran.

He wrote about the civilization of the Babylonians and Assyrians (1922), their daily life (1950), their Magic (1947) and divination (1940). He also wrote on the Phoenicians (1926), Hittite and Hurrians (1948). He issued a four-volume Handbook of Oriental Archaeology (1927–1947) and commenced the publication of the Encyclopédie d'archéologie orientale (1914–1957).

References

↑ Dedi à Georges Contenau. Bruxelles, 1960 (Annuaire de l'Institut de philology et d'Histoire orientales et slaves Tome XV (1958–1960))
↑ "Georges Contenau", in Je m'appelle Byblos, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, H & D, 2005, p. 252.

translated from the article on German Wikipedia.

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Name	Contenau, Georges
Alternative names
Short description	Assyriologist
Date of birth	April 9, 1877
Place of birth	Laon, France
Date of death	March 22, 1964
Place of death

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