János Harmatta

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.Ritoók, Zsigmond. (1997
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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

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* Harmatta János (1917-): ''Forrástanulmányok Herodotos Skythika-jához'' = ''Quellenstudien zu den Skythika des Herodot'' / irta Harmatta János
* Ferenczy Endre (1912-1990): ''Az ókori Róma története'' : gyetemi tankönyv/ Ferenczy Endre, Maróti Egon, Hahn István; szerk. Harmatta János
* Szabó Miklós (1940-): ''Hellasz fénykora : Görögország az i.e. V. században'' / Szabó Miklós; '' szövegben szereplő prózai idézetek Devecseri Gábor et al. fordításai'
* ''Studies in the sources on the history of Pre-Islamic Central Asia'' / R. Ghirshman ... et al.">Roman_Ghirshman.html" ;"title="y Roman Ghirshman">R. Ghirshman ... et al. ed. by J. Harmatta
* ''Prolegomena to the sources on the history of Pre-Islamic Central Asia'' / P. Aalto ... et al.">y Pentti Aalto">P. Aalto ... et al. ed. by J. Harmatta

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Iranologists
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Iranologists
1917 births
2004 deaths
Herder Prize recipients
20th-century Hungarian linguists
Hungarian classical scholars

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