# Hans J. Nissen · Person

> Archaeologist of Uruk; co-author of ZATU and Archaic Bookkeeping. In Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk.

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# Hans J. Nissen

Archaeologist of Uruk; co-author of ZATU and Archaic Bookkeeping **Born 1935.**

[Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform)[2 events][2 sources]

Hans J. Nissen is german Near Eastern archaeologist (Free University of Berlin), excavator at Uruk, who led the Berlin project on the archaic texts and co-authored the ZATU sign list and Archaic Bookkeeping. (born 1935), and appears in the record of Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk as archaeologist of Uruk; co-author of ZATU and Archaic Bookkeeping.

Two events on the site involve Nissen, from Green and Nissen publish the ZATU sign list (1987) to Nissen, Damerow and Englund publish Archaic Bookkeeping; Englund and Nissen publish the Uruk lexical lists (1993).

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## In the mysteries

**Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk**

Archaeologist of Uruk; co-author of ZATU and Archaic Bookkeeping · 2 events

[The mystery ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform)

## What Hans J. Nissen did 2

1987[Green and Nissen publish the ZATU sign list](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/events/EVT0DEDQQGDFMGN/green-and-nissen-publish-the-zatu-sign-list)

with [Robert K. Englund](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/people/FIG0DEDPAB5K3MB/robert-k-englund) · [Peter Damerow](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/people/FIG0DEDPB31WC8Y/peter-damerow)

1993[Nissen, Damerow and Englund publish Archaic Bookkeeping; Englund and Nissen publish the Uruk lexical lists](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/events/EVT0DEDQQV68GRW/nissen-damerow-and-englund-publish-archaic-bookkeeping)

with [Robert K. Englund](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/people/FIG0DEDPAB5K3MB/robert-k-englund) · [Peter Damerow](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/people/FIG0DEDPB31WC8Y/peter-damerow)

## Worked with 2

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**Robert K. Englund**

Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk

](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/people/FIG0DEDPAB5K3MB/robert-k-englund)[PD

**Peter Damerow**

Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk

](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/people/FIG0DEDPB31WC8Y/peter-damerow)

## Sources 2

[Zeichenliste der archaischen Texte aus Uruk (ATU 2)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDH83Y62Q6/zeichenliste-der-archaischen-texte-aus-uruk-atu-2)

SRC

[Archaic Bookkeeping: Early Writing and Techniques of Economic Administration in the Ancient Near East](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDH93HGNQS/archaic-bookkeeping-early-writing-and-techniques-of-economic)

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1935

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excavator, sign list

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German Near Eastern archaeologist (Free University of Berlin), excavator at Uruk, who led the Berlin project on the archaic texts and co-authored the ZATU sign list and Archaic Bookkeeping.

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