A scholar who works on decoding civilization鈥檚 earliest forms of writing will speak Sept. 24 at the University of Louisville about new clues into ancient life.
University of Chicago professor emeritus Walter Farber will discuss 鈥淒iseases and Epidemics in Ancient Mesopotamia: Medical Conceptualization and Responses.鈥
Farber鈥檚 free, public lecture will begin at 4 p.m. in Ekstrom Library鈥檚 Chao Auditorium. The College of Arts and Sciences鈥 Liberal Studies Project is the event sponsor.
Farber is curator of the tablet collection at UC鈥檚 Oriental Institute. He continues his academic writing since his 2013 retirement from UC鈥檚 Near Eastern languages and civilizations department, where he had worked since 1980.
He has published texts of cuneiform, or inscriptions made by using reed tools to press marks into damp clay tablets. Scholars continue to scour such artifacts to decipher signs from ancient languages for glimpses into Mesopotamian life.
For more information, contact John Hale at 502-852-2248 or john.hale@louisville.edu
