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Museum director commemorates Arfai as pioneer of Elamite Old Babylonian studies

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Museum director commemorates Arfa’i as pioneer of Elamite, Old Babylonian studies​

TEHRAN – The head of the museum at Persepolis on Thursday marked the memory of professor Abdolmajid Arfa’i, an Elamite scholar and researcher of ancient Elamite and Akkadian languages, who died on Wednesday at the age of 86 after a period of illness.

Museum director commemorates Arfa’i as pioneer of Elamite, Old Babylonian studies

Elamitologist Abdolmajid Arfai decipherer of Cyrus Cylinder dies at 86

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Elamitologist Abdolmajid Arfa’i, decipherer of Cyrus Cylinder, dies at 86​

TEHRAN – Professor Abdolmajid Arfa’i, Elamite scholar and prominent researcher of ancient Elamite and Akkadian languages, died on Wednesday, after a period of illness. He was 86.

Elamitologist Abdolmajid Arfa’i, decipherer of Cyrus Cylinder, dies at 86