William W. Hallo

William W. Hallo

William Wolfgang Hallo (March 9, 1928 – March, 27, 2015[1][2]) was professor of Assyriology and Babylonian Literature and curator of the Babylonian collection at Yale University. He was born in Kassel, Germany.[3]

Hallo was a Master of Morse College, one of the twelve residential colleges at Yale University, between 1982 and 1987.[4]

Hallo and J. J. A. Van Dijk were known for publishing the first translations and book-length discussion of the work of the Sumerian priestess and poet Enheduanna in 1968.[5]

  1. ^ " In Memoriam: William W. Hallo, expert on ancient Near East", Yale News, March 30, 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  2. ^ obituary, The New Haven Register, Mar. 29, 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  3. ^ Supplement to Who's who in America. Marquis Who's Who. 1987. ISBN 9780837971001.
  4. ^ Master & Deans of Residential Colleges
  5. ^ Hallo, William W. and Van Dijk, J.J.A., The Exaltation of Inanna, Yale University Press (1968).