A scholar or expert who studies ancient Assyria, including its language, culture, history, and archaeology.
From Assyriology (study of Assyria) + -ist (one who practices). Assyriology comes from Assyria + -ology (study of).
Assyriologists are detective-historians who decode cuneiform clay tablets to reveal ancient business dealings, love letters, and court records—basically ancient administrative paperwork that survived millennia.
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