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Matthew Rutz works in the field of Assyriology, focusing on the interdisciplinary study of texts written in cuneiform, the wedge-shaped writing system of ancient Mesopotamia, located in present-day Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. He specializes in the languages and cultures of the region, with an emphasis on Akkadian (Babylonian/Assyrian) and Sumerian documents from the half millennium BCE. His research covers the social and political history of Late Bronze Age Syria and includes a strong interest in Babylonian literary and scholastic texts, particularly those from the archaeological site of Nippur in Iraq. Rutz's scholarly work includes the authoring of 'Bodies of Knowledge in Ancient Mesopotamia: Diviners of the Late Bronze Age Emar Tablet Collection' and serving as co-editor of 'Archaeologies of Text: Archaeology, Technology, Ethics.' He received his PhD in Cuneiform Studies (Assyriology) from the University of Pennsylvania in 2008 and has been with Brown University since 2009, following a postdoctoral position with the Royal Inscriptions Neo-Assyrian Period Project that was funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Brown University • Providence, RI
Teaching Assyriology and conducting research in ancient Mesopotamian studies.
Department: Department of Economics