János Harmatta

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János Harmatta
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Born(1917-10-02)2 October 1917
Died24 July 2004(2004-07-24) (aged 86)
NationalityHungarian
Academic work
Discipline
Sub-discipline
  • Indo-European linguistics

János Harmatta (2 October 1917 – 24 July 2004) was a Hungarian linguist. He deciphered the Parthian ostraca and papyri of Dura Europos and was the first to decipher a major Bactrian inscription.[1]

He taught as a professor at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Literary works[]

  • Harmatta János (1917-): Forrástanulmányok Herodotos Skythika-jához = Quellenstudien zu den Skythika des Herodot / irta Harmatta János ()

References and sources[]

References
  1. ^ Ritoók, Zsigmund. (1997) "The contribution of Hungary to international classical scholarship", Hungarian Studies, 12. Retrieved 12 March 2014. Archived 2014-03-07 at WebCite
Sources
  • Harmatta János (1917-): Forrástanulmányok Herodotos Skythika-jához = Quellenstudien zu den Skythika des Herodot / irta Harmatta János
  • (1912-1990): Az ókori Róma története : [egyetemi tankönyv] / Ferenczy Endre, , Hahn István ; szerk. Harmatta János
  • Szabó Miklós (1940-): Hellasz fénykora : Görögország az i.e. V. században / Szabó Miklós ; [a szövegben szereplő prózai idézetek Devecseri Gábor et al. fordításai]
  • Studies in the sources on the history of Pre-Islamic Central Asia / [by R. Ghirshman ... et al.] ; ed. by J. Harmatta
  • Prolegomena to the sources on the history of Pre-Islamic Central Asia / [by ... et al.] ; ed. by J. Harmatta


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