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Carl Bezold (18 May 1859 – 21 November 1922) was a Germanorientalist. Known primarily for his research inAkkadian (Babylonian-Assyrian), he also researched otherSemitic languages:Syriac,Ge'ez (Ethiopic) andArabic.[1]
Carl Bezold was born inDonauwörth on 18 May 1859. He was educated at the Universities ofMunich andLeipzig, where he studied withAssyrologistFriedrich Delitzsch. In 1883, he obtained hishabilitation at Munich with a thesis titledDie Schatzhöhle; aus dem syrischen texte dreier unedirten Handschriften[2] ("The Treasure Trove", second part issued in 1888). Later on, he spent several years working at theBritish Museum inLondon. In 1894, he became a full professor at theUniversity of Heidelberg.[1]
At the British Museum, he arranged and cataloged the large collection ofcuneiform texts from theLibrary of Ashurbanipal atNineveh, publishing "Catalogue of Cuneiform Tablets in the Kouyundjik Collection of the British Museum", (1889) as a result. In London, he also recorded the clay tablets ofEl-Amarna (Egypt), of which he published "The Tell el-Amarna Tablets in the British Museum", (1892).[1][3][4]
In 1884, along withFritz Hommel, he founded the journalZeitschrift für Keilschriftforschung und verwandte Gebiete, which in 1886 was superseded by theZeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete. Bezold was sole publisher of the journal in the period from 1886 to 1922, during which 34 volumes were published.[1][5]
In 1909, he edited and printed the Ethiopic epicKebra Nagast, collating the most valuable texts and with critical notes.[6]
In June 1901, he was awarded the honorary degree ofDoctor of Laws (DLL) from theUniversity of Glasgow.[7]
He died inHeidelberg on 21 November 1922.
In 1926, his Babylonian-Assyrian glossary ("Babylonisch-assyrisches Glossar") was published posthumously by his widow, Adele Bezold, andHittitologistAlbrecht Goetze.[8]
