Foster, Benjamin R.

Author, Benjamin R. Foster is Laffan Professor of Assyriology and Babylonian Literature. His research interests focus on cuneiform literature and the social and economic history of Mesopotamia. In the field of literature, he is author of Before the Muses (1993, 1996, 2005), an anthology of annotated translations from Akkadian poetry and prose of all period.His studies of society and economy include Umma in the Sargonic Period (1982) and Administration and Use of Institutional Land in Sargonic Sumer (1982), as well as numerous individual essays and articles. He is particularly active in the publication of primary source material, including Sargonic Tablets from Telloh in the Istanbul Archaeological Museum (1982, second volume in press) and various individual text studies.