On the History of the St. Petersburg Assyriological School: Rostislav Antonovich Gribov

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The article is dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the remarkable Orientalist and teacher Rostislav Antonovich Gribov, who trained several generations of Russian Assyriologists. It contains a biography of the scholar, supplemented by characteristics of his scholarly and pedagogical activities. The main directions of R.A. Gribov’s activity are considered: the creation of a new methodology for teaching the cuneiform languages of Mesopotamia, a study of the socio-political history of the city of Mari, works on the history of Russian Assyriology. A list of published and unpublished works is attached to the article.

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Vladimir V. Emelianov

St. Petersburg State University

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Email: banshur69@gmail.com
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Dr. Sci. (Philosophy), Cand. Sci. (History), Professor of the Department of Semitic and Hebrew Studies

Russian Federation, St. Petersburg

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  1. Gribov, Rostislav A. “Legenda o pokhode Sargona Akkadskogo v Maluiu Aziiu” [The Legend of Sargon of Akkad’s Campaign in Asia Minor]. In: Khrestomatiia po istorii Drevnego Vostoka [Reader on the History of the Ancient East]. Moscow: Vostochnaya literatura, 1963, p. 183 (in Russian).
  2. Gribov, Rostislav A. “Iz istorii russkoi assiriologii. V.K. Shileiko (1891–1930)” [From the History of Russian Assyriology. V.C. Shileiko (1891–1930)]. In: Ocherki po istorii Leningradskogo universiteta [Essays on the History of Leningrad University], iss. 2. Leningrad: LGU, 1968, pp. 94–99 (in Russian).
  3. Gribov, Rostislav A. Assiriia pri Shamshi-Adade I (po dannym arkhiva Mari) [Assyria under Shamshi-Adad I (Based on the Archives of Mari)]. Avtoreferat dissertastii na soiskanie uchenoi stepeni kandidata istoricheskikh nauk [Abstract of the dissertation for the degree of candidate of historical sciences]. Leningrad: LGU, 1971 (in Russian).
  4. Gribov, Rostislav A. “Voinskaia i trudovye povinnosti v Mari” [Military and Labor Duties in Mari]. Vestnik drevnei istorii, 1972, no. 3, pp. 3–16 (in Russian).
  5. Gribov, Rostislav A. “K interpretatsii stat’i 117 Zakonov Hammurapi” [On the Interpretation of Law 117 of the Code of Hammurabi]. In: VIII Vsesoiuznaia konferentsiia po Drevnemu Vostoku, posv. pamiati akad. V.V. Struve. Tezisy dokladov [VIII All-Union Conference on the Ancient East, dedicated in memory of academician V.V. Struve. Abstracts of reports]. Moscow, 1979, pp. 44–45 (in Russian).
  6. Gribov, Rostislav A. “Natural’nye i denezhnye nalogi v Mari” [Natural and Cash Taxes in Mari]. In: Peredneaziatskii sbornik III. Istoriia i filologiia stran Drevnego Vostoka [Western Asian Collection. III. History and Philology of the Countries of the Ancient East]. Moscow: Nauka, GRVL, 1979, pp. 78–80 (in Russian).
  7. Gribov, Rostislav A. “Mari”. In: Istochnikovedenie istorii Drevnego Vostoka [Source Study of the History of the Ancient East]. Moscow: Vysshaia shkola, 1984, pp. 96–102 (in Russian).
  8. Gribov, Rostislav A. “Arhiv Mari kak istochnik po istorii voennogo dela drevnei Mesopotamii” [Mari Archive as a Source on the History of Military Affairs of Ancient Mesopotamia]. In: Istoriografiia i istochnikovedenie istorii stran Azii i Afriki, XIII [Historiography and Source Study of the History of Asian and African Countries. XIII]. LGU, 1990, pp. 65–73 (in Russian).
  9. Gribov, Rostislav A. “Dorogi i Puteshestvenniki v Drevnei Mesopotamii” [Roads and Travelers in Ancient Mesopotamia]. In: Assiriologiia i egiptologiia [Assyriology and Egyptology]. SPbGU, 2000, pp. 54–59 (in Russian).
  10. Gribov, Rostislav A. “Tsarskii ‘dom zhenshchin’ v Mari” [The Royal “House of Women” in Mari] In: Istoriia i iazyki Drevnego Vostoka. Pamiati I.M. D’yakonova [History and Languages of the Ancient East. In memory of I.M. Dyakonov]. St. Petersbirg: Peterburgskoe Vostokovedenie, 2002, pp. 44–52 (in Russian).
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  12. Lipin, Lev A. Akkadskii iazyk. Vyp. 1. Khrestomatiia s tablitsami znakov. Vyp. 2. Slovar’ [Akkadian Language. Iss. 1. Reader with Tables of Signs. Iss. 2. Dictionary]. LGU, 1957 (in Russian).
  13. Lipin, Lev A. Akkadskii iazyk [Akkadian Language]. Moscow: Nauka, 1964 (in Russian).
  14. Vinogradov, Igor V. & Gribov, Rostislav A. [Rets. na:] “Petrovskii N.S. Zvukovye znaki egipetskogo pis’ma kak sistema. Moscow, 1978” [(Rev.:) Petrovsky N.S. Sound Signs of Egyptian Writing as a System. M., 1978]. Vestnik drevnei istorii, 1980, no. 3, pp. 193–196 (in Russian).

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