Miguel Civil
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 5 years ago |
| Date of birth | May 7,1926 |
| Zodiac sign | Taurus |
| Born | Sabadell |
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| Date of died | January 13,2019 |
| Books | The Farmer's Instructions: A Sumerian Agricultural Manual |
| The Lexical Texts in the Schøyen Collection | |
| The First Ninety Years: A Sumerian Celebration in Honor of Miguel Civil | |
| Studies in Sumerian Civilization: Selected Writings of Miguel Civil | |
| Edited works | Atra‑Ḫasīs: the Babyloni... |
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| ID | 1104372 |
Miguel Civil Life story
Miguel Civil was an expert on Sumer and Ancient Mesopotamian studies at the University of Chicago Oriental Institute. According to his colleague, Christopher Woods, at the time of his death, Civil knew the Sumerian language better than anyone since it was last spoken 4000 years ago.
