Samuel Noah Kramer
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Samuel Noah Kramer was a pioneering 20th-century Assyriologist renowned for his translations and interpretations of Sumerian texts that greatly advanced the study of ancient Mesopotamia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Samuel Noah Kramer canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9662451 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Noah Kramer Context triple: [Assyriology, hasNotableFigure, Samuel Noah Kramer]
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Harry Rapf
Harry Rapf was an American film producer and studio executive best known for his prolific work at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during the early to mid-20th century.
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B.
Marcus Jastrow
Marcus Jastrow was a 19th-century Polish-German-American rabbi and scholar best known for his influential Talmudic dictionary and leadership in American Jewish religious life.
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C.
Friedrich L. Bauer
Friedrich L. Bauer was a German computer scientist and pioneer in programming language design, notably contributing to the development of ALGOL 60 and foundational concepts in software engineering.
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D.
William F. Albright
William F. Albright was a pioneering American archaeologist and biblical scholar whose work in Near Eastern archaeology and epigraphy profoundly shaped modern understandings of ancient Israel and the broader ancient Near East.
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E.
Edwin G. Pulleyblank
Edwin G. Pulleyblank was a prominent Canadian sinologist and historical linguist known for his influential reconstructions of Middle Chinese phonology and major contributions to the study of Chinese historical linguistics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Noah Kramer Target entity description: Samuel Noah Kramer was a pioneering 20th-century Assyriologist renowned for his translations and interpretations of Sumerian texts that greatly advanced the study of ancient Mesopotamia.
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A.
Harry Rapf
Harry Rapf was an American film producer and studio executive best known for his prolific work at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during the early to mid-20th century.
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B.
Marcus Jastrow
Marcus Jastrow was a 19th-century Polish-German-American rabbi and scholar best known for his influential Talmudic dictionary and leadership in American Jewish religious life.
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C.
Friedrich L. Bauer
Friedrich L. Bauer was a German computer scientist and pioneer in programming language design, notably contributing to the development of ALGOL 60 and foundational concepts in software engineering.
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D.
William F. Albright
William F. Albright was a pioneering American archaeologist and biblical scholar whose work in Near Eastern archaeology and epigraphy profoundly shaped modern understandings of ancient Israel and the broader ancient Near East.
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E.
Edwin G. Pulleyblank
Edwin G. Pulleyblank was a prominent Canadian sinologist and historical linguist known for his influential reconstructions of Middle Chinese phonology and major contributions to the study of Chinese historical linguistics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Assyriologist
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Sumerologist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in Assyriology ⓘ |
| awardReceived | honorary degrees from various universities ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1897-09-28 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Zhashkiv ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| contributedTo |
decipherment and understanding of Sumerian literary texts
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study of Sumerian legal and economic documents ⓘ |
| deathCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| deathDate | 1990-11-26 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Philadelphia ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning
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University of Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| employer | University of Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Kramer ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Ancient Mesopotamian studies
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Assyriology ⓘ Sumerology ⓘ |
| genre |
popular history of the ancient Near East
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scholarly non-fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Samuel ⓘ |
| influenced |
modern understanding of Sumerian civilization
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subsequent generations of Assyriologists ⓘ |
| knownFor |
interpretations of Sumerian literature
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popularizing Sumerian civilization ⓘ translations of Sumerian texts ⓘ work on Sumerian law and society ⓘ work on Sumerian mythology ⓘ work on Sumerian religion ⓘ |
| language |
Akkadian
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English ⓘ Sumerian ⓘ |
| migratedTo |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| name | Samuel Noah Kramer ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
From the Tablets of Sumer
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History Begins at Sumer ⓘ Sumerian Mythology ⓘ
linked to:
Sumerian religion
The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Philadelphia ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
curator of the Tablet Collections at the University of Pennsylvania Museum
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professor of Assyriology ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| workInstitution |
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
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linked to:
Penn Museum
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Subject: Samuel Noah Kramer Description of subject: Samuel Noah Kramer was a pioneering 20th-century Assyriologist renowned for his translations and interpretations of Sumerian texts that greatly advanced the study of ancient Mesopotamia.
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