Jean Nougayrol | |
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| Born | 4 February 1900 Toulouse |
| Died | 23 January 1975 (aged 74) Paris |
| Occupation | Archaeologist |
Jean Nougayrol was a French cuneiformist [1] who studied a number of the Amarna letters. [2]
Jean Nougayrol | |
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| Born | 4 February 1900 Toulouse |
| Died | 23 January 1975 (aged 74) Paris |
| Occupation | Archaeologist |
Jean Nougayrol was a French cuneiformist [1] who studied a number of the Amarna letters. [2]
Nougayrol studied Hebrew under Georges Boyer before becoming interested in cuneiform writing. He was particularly interested in Babylonian divination. While studying at the École Biblique in Jerusalem in 1935, he began to study Cylinder seals and published a book about them. He was curator of Oriental Antiquity at the Louvre from 1947 to 1960. In 1968, he became a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. [3]
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