János Harmatta

The native form of this personal name is Harmatta János. This article uses the Western name order.

János Harmatta (2 October 1917 – 24 July 2004) was a Hungarian linguist. He deciphered the Parthian ostraca and papyri of Dura Europos and was the first to decipher a major Bactrian inscription.[1]

He taught as a professor at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

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  1. ↑ Ritoók, Zsigmund. (1997) "The contribution of Hungary to international classical scholarship", Hungarian Studies, 12. Retrieved 12 March 2014. Archived 2014-03-07 at WebCite
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