Giovanni Pettinato (30 April 1934, in Troina – 19 May 2011, in Rome) was an Assyriologist and paleographer of writings from the ancient Near East, specializing in the Eblaite language, [1] His major contributions to the field include the deciphering of the Eblaite script, discovered by Paolo Matthiae in 1974–75. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Pettinato graduated from Heidelberg in 1968, where he had studied for ten years. In 1968 he began teaching Assyriology at the University of Rome. [6]
Pettinato died on 19 May 2011 at the age of 76. He was an emeritus of several associations, including the Accademia dei Lincei [7] and authored several publications about the Sumerian and Mesopotamian civilizations. [8]
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Giovanni Pettinato (30 April 1934, in Troina – 19 May 2011, in Rome) was an Assyriologist and paleographer of writings from the ancient Near East, specializing in the Eblaite language, [1] His major contributions to the field include the deciphering of the Eblaite script, discovered by Paolo Matthiae in 1974–75. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Pettinato graduated from Heidelberg in 1968, where he had studied for ten years. In 1968 he began teaching Assyriology at the University of Rome. [6]
Pettinato died on 19 May 2011 at the age of 76. He was an emeritus of several associations, including the Accademia dei Lincei [7] and authored several publications about the Sumerian and Mesopotamian civilizations. [8]
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