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George Smith, incisione tratta da The Illustrated London News, 1875. George Smith (Londra, 26 marzo 1840 – Aleppo, 19 agosto 1876) è stato un assiriologo britannico. Scoprì e tradusse per primo l'Epopea di Gilgamesh, l'opera letteraria scritta più antica finora nota
9 apr 2024 · George Smith (born March 26, 1840, London, England—died August 19, 1876, Aleppo, Syria) was a self-taught English Assyriologist who ran around the room, stripping off his clothes, when he discovered a story similar to that of Noah’s Ark as he read the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the most important works in Akkadian literature.
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Assyriology. Institutions. British Museum. George Smith (26 March 1840 – 19 August 1876) was a pioneering English Assyriologist who first discovered and translated the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the oldest-known written works of literature.
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SMITH, George Giuseppe Furlani Assiriologo inglese, nato a Londra nel distretto di Chelsea il 26 marzo 1840 e morto ad Aleppo, nel viaggio di ritorno dalla Mesopotamia, il 19 agosto 1886. Assistente nel dipartimento assiriologico del British Museum, ebbe il grande merito di identificare tra le tavolette in caratteri cuneiformi del British Museum, trovate nella biblioteca di Assurbanipal a ...
The unlikely researcher, George Smith, made one of archaeology's most sensational finds when he uncovered the cuneiform-inscribed clay tablet containing fragments of a lost Babylonian epic.
4 giorni fa · The tale of the demigod Gilgamesh could have been lost, except for the unrelenting curiosity of an unlikely scholar, George Smith. Climbing the social ladder in Victorian England was difficult.
George Smith (footballer, born 1919) (1919–2001), fullback for Southampton, 1938 to 1949. George Smith (footballer, born 1921) (1921–2013), forward for Manchester City and Chesterfield in 1940s and '50s. George Smith (footballer, born 1936), goalkeeper for Notts County and Hartlepool in 950s and '60s.
