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In Memoriam

A. Leo Oppenheim

June 7, 1904 July 21, 1974

Former Professor of Assyriology
Portrait of A. Leo Oppenheim

Research Projects

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Volumes of the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary

Chicago Assyrian Dictionary

Location:
Middle East, Iraq
Timespan:
1921 – Present

Launched in 1921, the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary is a landmark ISAC research project documenting Akkadian, the earliest known Semitic language. Built by generations of scholars, the CAD records the…