János Harmatta Explained

János Harmatta
Birth Date:	2 October 1917
Birth Place:	Hódmezővásárhely, Kingdom of Hungary
Death Place:	Budapest, Hungary
Nationality:	Hungarian

János Harmatta (2 October 1917 – 24 July 2004) was a Hungarian linguist. He deciphered the Parthian ostraca and papyri of Dura-Europos and was the first to decipher a major Bactrian inscription.^[1]

He taught as a professor at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Literary works

• Harmatta János (1917-): Forrástanulmányok Herodotos Skythika-jához = Quellenstudien zu den Skythika des Herodot / irta Harmatta János

References and sources

References

Sources

• Harmatta János (1917-): Forrástanulmányok Herodotos Skythika-jához = Quellenstudien zu den Skythika des Herodot / irta Harmatta János
• Ferenczy Endre (1912-1990): Az ókori Róma története : [egyetemi tankönyv] / Ferenczy Endre, Maróti Egon, Hahn István ; szerk. Harmatta János
• Szabó Miklós (1940-): Hellasz fénykora : Görögország az i.e. V. században / Szabó Miklós ; [a szövegben szereplő prózai idézetek Devecseri Gábor et al. fordításai]
• Studies in the sources on the history of Pre-Islamic Central Asia / [by [[Roman Ghirshman|R. Ghirshman]] ... et al.] ; ed. by J. Harmatta
• Prolegomena to the sources on the history of Pre-Islamic Central Asia / [by [[Pentti Aalto|P. Aalto]] ... et al.] ; ed. by J. Harmatta

Notes and References

1. Ritoók, Zsigmond. (1997) "The contribution of Hungary to international classical scholarship", Hungarian Studies, 12. Retrieved 12 March 2014.