Margaret Munn-Rankin Explained

Margaret Munn-Rankin
Birth Name:	Joan Margaret Munn-Rankin
Birth Date:	29 July 1913
Nationality:	British
Discipline:	Archaeology and history
Sub Discipline:	Ancient Near East Assyriology
Workplaces:	Newnham College, Cambridge University of Cambridge

Joan Margaret Munn-Rankin (29 July 1913 – 28 July 1981), known as Margaret Munn-Rankin and published as J. M. Munn-Rankin, was a British archaeologist, historian, and academic, who specialised in the ancient Near East. From 1949 until her death in 1981, she was a Fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge, and a lecturer in the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Cambridge. In addition to her extensive teaching, she was also a field archaeologist and was involved in a number of excavations including Nimrud and Tell Rifaat.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Selected works

• Munn-Rankin . J. M. . Diplomacy in Western Asia in the Early Second Millennium B.C. . Iraq . 1956 . 18 . 1 . 68–110 . 10.2307/4199599 . 4199599.
• Munn-Rankin . J. M. . Ancient near Eastern Seals in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge . Iraq . 1959 . 21 . 1 . 20–37 . 4199645. 10.2307/4199645 .
• Book: The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume II, Part 2, History of the Middle East and the Aegean Region, 1380–1000 BC . XXV: Assyrian Military Power, 1300–1200 BC . J. M. Munn-Rankin . I. E. S. Edwards . C. J. Gadd . N. G. L. Hammond . S. Solberger . Cambridge University Press . 1975 . 274–306 . 978-0521086912.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lesko. Barbara S.. Margaret Munn-Rankin 1913-1981. Breaking Ground. Brown University. 17 October 2016.
2. Postgate. J. N.. Margaret Munn-Rankin (29 July 1913-28 July 1981). Archiv für Orientforschung. 1983. 29. 333. 41661946.
3. Editorial. Iraq. 1981. 43. 2. i. 4200138. British Institute for the Study of Iraq.