Assyrian Dictionary Is Done
Posted by: Rebecca Vnuk
Here’s some news on the dictionary front: the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary is finally finished. The project was started back in 1921 by James Breasted, founder of the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute. He envisioned a six-volume dictionary, modeled on the Oxford English Dictionary, that would take two or three decades to complete. Instead, the project expanded to 21 volumes and took 90 years.
Here’s the story from the Chicago-Sun Times. And here’s the story from The New York Times. You can download volumes of the dictionary for free at as part of the Oriental Institute’s Electronic Publications Initiative.
