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Marcel Sigrist is known in the world of assyriologists for his major
contribution to the knowledge of the Ur III period (ca. 2100-2000 BC),
owing in particular to the transcription of thousands of tablets that he
published in various books. For several decades he taught Assyriology at
the École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem, where
he also served as the director on several occasions. His scholarly
legacy includes a selfless commitment to science, a desire to make the
world of the Bible better known, as well as a concern to share his
knowledge of the Ancient Near East and the Holy Land with a wider
audience and not only with specialists. The many researchers, from all
over the world who came to work in Jerusalem also remember Marcel
Sigrist's warm welcome. This volume, written in English and French by
several renowned colleagues, is a token of their esteem and gratitude.
