Speiser, E. A. (Ephraim Avigdor), 1902-1965
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m086Excavations at Tepe Gawra
Excavations at Tepe GawraBook 1950
- Summary
- Ephraim Avigdor Speiser was a Polish-born American Assyriologist and translator of the Torah. He discovered the ancient site of Tepe Gawra in 1927 and supervised its excavation between 1931 and 1938. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1]VIAF[3]Bibliothèque nationale de France[4]Library of Congress[5]Wikidata
- Unknown [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- Born
- 1902 [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 1902-01-24 [5]Wikidata
- Birth Place
- Skalat (auj. Ukraine) [3]Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Skalat [5]Wikidata
- Died
- 1965 [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 1965-06-15 [5]Wikidata
- Death Place
- Elkins Park, Penn. [3]Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Pennsylvania [5]Wikidata
- Country
- United States [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- Language
- English [3]Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Occupation
- anthropologist [5]Wikidata
- archaeologist [5]Wikidata
- translator [5]Wikidata
- Bible translator [5]Wikidata
- assyriologist [5]Wikidata
- Employer
- University of Pennsylvania [5]Wikidata
- Work Place
- Philadelphia, Pa. [2]Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- Educated at
- Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning [5]Wikidata
- University of Pennsylvania [5]Wikidata
- Country of Education
- United States [5]Wikidata
- Yale LUX
- Entity [5]Wikidata
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Library of Congress
- 5. Wikidata
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