Klaas Roelof Veenhof (9 November 1935 – 28 July 2023) was a Dutch Assyriologist and professor at the University of Leiden. He specialized in the Old-Babylonian time and the Old-Assyrian trade colonies such as Kanesh.
Veenhof died on 28 July 2023, at the age of 87.
Selected bibliography
Altassyrische Tontafeln aus Kultepe Berlin: Mann (1992 ) Geschichte des Alten Orients bis zur Zeit Alexanders des Grossen Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (2001 ) The Old Assyrian list of year eponyms from Karum Kanish and its chronological implications Ankara : Turkish Historical Society (2003 )
References
1935 births
2023 deaths
Dutch Assyriologists
Leiden University alumni
Academic staff of Leiden University
Academic staff of the University of Amsterdam
Scientists from Groningen (city) Assyriologists