Assyriology
noun
the study of the history, language, etc., of the ancient Assyrians.
Assyriologist
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a word derived from
Assyriology.
Example Sentences
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His colleague in this translation was the eminent Assyriologist Jacob Dahl, who lends historical authority to Mr. Armitage’s poetical gifts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
“Not many people know what an Assyriologist actually does,” he told her.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
Mercury retrograde was probably first documented by Babylonian astronomers around the 7th century B.C., says Mathieu Ossendrijver, a historian of ancient science, Assyriologist and astrophysicist at the Freie Universität Berlin.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 24, 2023
One scholar who offers a different idea is the French Assyriologist Jean- Jacques Glassner.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
The same opinion was held years ago by Julius Oppert, the Assyriologist, who was led to a belief in "a universal primitive monotheism as the basis of all religions."
From Evolution An Investigation and a Critique by Theodore Graebner
