Bendt Alster

642 total citations
33 papers, 138 citations indexed

About

Bendt Alster is a scholar working on Archeology, Language and Linguistics and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bendt Alster has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 138 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Archeology, 13 papers in Language and Linguistics and 4 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Bendt Alster's work include Ancient Near East History (24 papers), Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (12 papers) and Linguistics and language evolution (10 papers). Bendt Alster is often cited by papers focused on Ancient Near East History (24 papers), Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (12 papers) and Linguistics and language evolution (10 papers). Bendt Alster collaborates with scholars based in . Bendt Alster's co-authors include Niek Veldhuis, Erica Reiner, Peter Machinist, Edith Porada, Markham J. Geller, W. G. Lambert, J. V. Kinnier Wilson and William W. Hallo and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Oriental Society, Journal of Near Eastern Studies and Journal of Cuneiform Studies.

In The Last Decade

Bendt Alster

21 papers receiving 74 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bendt Alster 7 109 34 32 24 14 33 138
Erle Leichty 6 129 1.2× 29 0.9× 12 0.4× 25 1.0× 15 1.1× 16 144
Jeremy Black 4 82 0.8× 28 0.8× 15 0.5× 15 0.6× 11 0.8× 6 122
Barbara Nevling Porter 9 171 1.6× 48 1.4× 31 1.0× 42 1.8× 23 1.6× 19 206
Dietz Otto Edzard 6 129 1.2× 44 1.3× 38 1.2× 26 1.1× 9 0.6× 33 162
Douglas Frayne 6 105 1.0× 43 1.3× 31 1.0× 12 0.5× 6 0.4× 17 118
H. W. F. Saggs Mexico 9 113 1.0× 30 0.9× 25 0.8× 29 1.2× 19 1.4× 27 170
Daniel Schwemer Germany 7 155 1.4× 31 0.9× 42 1.3× 25 1.0× 10 0.7× 45 176
Edward Lipiński Netherlands 6 138 1.3× 26 0.8× 63 2.0× 50 2.1× 29 2.1× 29 196
Tzvi Abusch United States 8 123 1.1× 29 0.9× 21 0.7× 37 1.5× 15 1.1× 25 153
Miriam Lichtheim 8 167 1.5× 31 0.9× 12 0.4× 32 1.3× 21 1.5× 23 204

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Alster, Bendt. (2018). Wisdom Of Ancient Sumer. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4 indexed citations
2.
Alster, Bendt, et al.. (2007). Sargonic dinner at Kaneš: The Old Assyrian Sargon legend. Iraq. 69. 1–20. 6 indexed citations
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Alster, Bendt. (2006). The Tigris Roiled: BM 38283BM. Studies in Bilingual Proverbs II. 75(4). 380–389. 1 indexed citations
4.
Alster, Bendt, et al.. (2006). A sumerian proverb tablet in Geneva, with some thoughts on sumerian poroverb collections (Tab. III). 75(1). 31–72. 2 indexed citations
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Alster, Bendt. (2005). Demons in the conclusion of Lugalbanda in Hurrumkurra. Iraq. 67(2). 61–71. 5 indexed citations
6.
Alster, Bendt. (2004). Exit Ašimbabbar? The Reading of d AŠ/dili-ím-barbar. Journal of Cuneiform Studies. 56(1). 1–3. 1 indexed citations
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Veldhuis, Niek & Bendt Alster. (2000). Sumerian Proverbs in Their Curricular Context. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 120(3). 383–383. 19 indexed citations
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Alster, Bendt, et al.. (1999). Inanna und Šukaletuda: Zur historisch-politischen Deutung eines sumerischen Literaturwerkes. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 119(4). 687–687.
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Alster, Bendt. (1997). Proverbs of Ancient Sumer : the world's earliest proverb collections. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 24 indexed citations
10.
Alster, Bendt & Markham J. Geller. (1990). Sumerian literary texts. 1 indexed citations
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Alster, Bendt & Erica Reiner. (1990). Your Thwarts in Pieces, Your Mooring Rope Cut: Poetry from Babylonia and Assyria. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 110(1). 132–132. 8 indexed citations
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Alster, Bendt & J. V. Kinnier Wilson. (1989). The Textual History of the Legend of Etana. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 109(1). 81–81.
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Alster, Bendt. (1987). A Note on the Uriah Letter in the Sumerian Sargon Legend. Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archäologie. 77(2). 4 indexed citations
14.
Alster, Bendt, et al.. (1980). Apodotic Death and the Historicity of 'Historical' Omens. 99–105. 3 indexed citations
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Alster, Bendt. (1980). Death in Mesopotamia: Papers read at the XXVIe Rencontre assyriologique internationale. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 5 indexed citations
16.
Alster, Bendt. (1975). On the Interpretation of the Sumerian Myth “Inanna and Enki”. Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archäologie. 64(1). 20–34. 3 indexed citations
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Alster, Bendt. (1974). The instructions of Suruppak: A Sumerian proverb collection. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations
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Alster, Bendt. (1974). On the Interpretation of the Sumerian Myth “Inanna and Enki”. Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archäologie. 64(1). 3 indexed citations
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Alster, Bendt. (1972). "Ninurta and the Turtle", UET 6/1 2. Journal of Cuneiform Studies. 24(4). 120–125. 5 indexed citations
20.
Alster, Bendt. (1972). Dumuzi's dream: Aspects of oral poetry in a Sumerian myth. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 6 indexed citations

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