Igor’ Mikhaĭlovich Diakonoff
(1914-1999), Russian orientalist of international standing, one of the greatest scholars in the field of Ancient Near Eastern studies. See DIAKONOFF, Igor’ Mikhaĭlovich.
- CYAXARES
CYAXARES (Gk. Kyaxárēs, Herodotus’ transcription of OIr. *hUvaxštra, a name rendered in Akkadian as mÚ-ak-sa-tar, mUk-sa-tar, mÚ-ma-ku-iš-tar, in Elamite as…