Irving Finkel

Irving Finkel
Black and white photograph of a man with a long beard and circular glasses
Finkel in 2015
Born
Irving Leonard Finkel

1951 (age 72–73)
NationalityEnglish
Known forDiscovery of tablet with Great Flood narrative suggesting a coracle-shaped ark,[1] Reconstruction of the Royal Game of Ur[2]
SpouseJoanna
Children5
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Birmingham (PhD)
ThesisḪulbazizi: ancient Mesopotanian exorcistic incantations (1976)
Doctoral advisorWilfred G. Lambert
Academic work
DisciplinePhilology, Assyriology
InstitutionsOriental Institute (Chicago)
British Museum

Irving Leonard Finkel (born 1951) is an English philologist and Assyriologist. He is the Assistant Keeper of Ancient Mesopotamian script, languages and cultures in the Department of the Middle East in the British Museum, where he specialises in cuneiform inscriptions on tablets of clay from ancient Mesopotamia.[3]

  1. ^ The Ark Before Noah: Decoding the Story of the Flood, Irving Finkel 2014, p.101, 104, 106
  2. ^ "Royal Game of Ur" (PDF). Getty. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Irving Finkel". British Museum. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2021.