Pierre Amiet
Pierre Amiet | |
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| Born | 29 April 1922 |
| Died | 20 April 2021 (aged 98) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Archeologist, conservator |
Pierre Amiet (29 April 1922 – 20 April 2021) was a French archeologist and conservator.[1] He specialized in the Ancient Near East.
Biography[edit]
Amiet's family left Alsace for Paris in 1939, and he studied at the École du Louvre and the Sorbonne. From 1950 to 1954, he participated in excavation campaigns in Tirzah.[2] Upon his return from Samaria, he was married and later achieved his doctorate with a thesis titled La glyptique mésopotamienne archaïque.[3] The thesis focused on iconographic evolution of the cylinder seal, and it was published in 1961.[4]
Amiet was a conservator at the Musée des beaux-arts de Chambéry from 1958 to 1961 and later held the same role at the Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre.[5] After his time as a conservator, he taught at the École du Louvre,[6] and served as Inspector General of Museum of France. He directed the Department of Eastern Antiquities at the Louvre from 1968 to 1988.[5] He directed the journal Revue d’assyriologie et d’archéologie orientale until 2010.[5]
Pierre Amiet died in Paris on 20 April 2021, at the age of 98.[7]
Publications[edit]
- L'Art d'Agadé au musée du Louvre (1976)
- L’Art antique du Moyen-Orient (1977)[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Musée du Louvre : décès de Pierre Amiet, conservateur et ancien directeur du département des Antiquités orientales". Connaissance des Arts (in French). 23 April 2021.
- ^ De Vaux, R. (1955). "Les fouilles de Tell el-Far'ah près Naplouse". Revue biblique (in French). 62 (4): 541–589. JSTOR 44091583.
- ^ "Entrevue entre Pierre Amiet et Michel Lopez". chez-alice.fr (in French).
- ^ Bottéro, Jean (1965). "P. Amiet. La glyptique mésopotamienne archaïque". Persée (in French). 167 (1): 82.
- ^ a b c "La mort de l'archéologue Pierre Amiet". Le Monde (in French). 29 April 2021.
- ^ "Pierre Amiet". École du Louvre (in French).
- ^ "French archaeologist Pierre Amiet, famed for intensive Iranian studies, dies at 98". Tehran Times. 24 April 2021.
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