Paul Garelli (23 April 1924 – 8 July 2006) was a French

Assyriologist Assyriology (from Greek , ''Assyriā''; and , ''-logia'') is the archaeological, anthropological, and linguistic study of Assyria and the rest of ancient Mesopotamia (a region that encompassed what is now modern Iraq, northeastern Syria, southea ...

, directeur de recherche au CNRS, professor at the

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and the l' EPHE, a member of the

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and professor at the

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Early life

Paul Garelli was born in Croydon,

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. He spent his early years in Switzerland and Istanbul, where his father was director general of the

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Education

He did his graduate studies in Geneva and Paris. He obtained a BA in economics and in 1951 the degree of the

École pratique des hautes études The École pratique des hautes études (), abbreviated EPHE, is a Grand Établissement in Paris, France. It is highly selective, and counted among France's most prestigious research and higher education institutions. It is a constituent college o ...

(historical and philological studies section).

Career

He would return to the EPHE in 1974 as director of studies at the IVth section. In 1958, Paul Garelli joined the

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where he became a research fellow in 1967 at the head of the Archaeology and history section of the Assyrian-Babylonian countries. He was part of the National Committee of the CNRS.Biographie, University of Oxford
A Doctor of Letters (History) in 1963, he was a lecturer and professor at the Sorbonne from 1967 to 1986. He taught history of the peoples of the Semitic East. Paul Garelli was a member of the

Société Asiatique The Société Asiatique (Asiatic Society) is a French learned society dedicated to the study of Asia. It was founded in 1822 with the mission of developing and diffusing knowledge of Asia. Its boundaries of geographic interest are broad, ranging ...

(1972) and of the international committee of Ebla (Rome) (1977) and president of the

François Thureau-Dangin François Thureau-Dangin (3 January 1872 in Paris – 24 January 1944 in Paris) was a French archaeologist, assyriologist and epigrapher. He played a major role in deciphering of the Sumerian and Akkadian languages. He studied under Julius ...

group (1975). In 1982, he was elected ordinary member of the

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then, in 1986, professor of Assyriologie at the

Publications

*1963: ''Les Assyriens en Cappadoce'', Maisonneuve, *1974: ''Les Empires Mésopotamie-Israël'' (en coll.), reprint 1997 *1990: ''L'Assyriologie'',

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, coll. "

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", *1997–2002 : ''Le Proche-Orient asiatique'', PUF : volume 1, 1997, with

Jean-Marie Durand Jean-Marie Durand (13 November 1940) is a French Assyriologist. Career A student of the École Normale Supérieure (Lettres 1962), agrégé of grammar (1965), Doctor of History following a thesis dedicated to the documents of the rooms 134 and ...

and Hatice Gonnet ; volume 2, 2002, with

André Lemaire André Lemaire (born 1942) is a French epigrapher, historian and philologist. He is Director of Studies at the École pratique des hautes études, where he teaches Hebraic and Aramean philology and epigraphy. He specializes in West-Semitic old c ...

Bibliography

Dominique Charpin Dominique Charpin (born 12 June 1954, in Neuilly-sur-Seine) is a French Assyriologist, professor at the Collège de France, and corresponding member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, specialized in the "Old-Babylonian" period. ...

and F. Joannès (dir.), ''Marchands, diplomates et empereurs, Études sur la civilisation mésopotamienne offertes à Paul Garelli'', Paris, 1991

References

External links

Décès de Paul Garelli
on Digitorient.com

on Cairn
Paul Garelli, L'Assyriologie, Presses Universitaires de France, 1964 (« Que sais- je? »

Biographie de Paul Garelli, EPHE
by Dominique Charpin, site of the EPHE
Biographie de Paul Garelli, AIBL
site de l'Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres {{DEFAULTSORT:Garelli, Paul French Assyriologists École pratique des hautes études alumni Academic staff of the École pratique des hautes études Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Academic staff of the Collège de France Members of the Société Asiatique Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres People from Croydon 1924 births 2006 deaths French expatriates in the United Kingdom French expatriates in Switzerland French expatriates in Turkey Assyriologists