János Harmatta
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Died | 24 July 2004 | (aged 86)
Nationality | Hungarian |
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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
- ^ 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
Categories:
- Linguists from Hungary
- Iranologists
- 1917 births
- 2004 deaths
- Herder Prize recipients
- 20th-century linguists
- Hungarian classical scholars
- European linguist stubs
- Hungarian academic biography stubs