====== Klíma, Josef ======

== Name ==
Klíma, Josef

== Dates ==
16 November 1909 - 30 November 1989

== Birthplace ==
Wien, Austria

== Specialization ==
Assyriology

== Major works ==
Untersuchungen zum altbabylonischen Erbrecht, Prag 1940 Gesellschaft und Kultur des alten Mesopotamien, Prag 1964 Introduction bibligraphique á l’histoire du droit et á l’ethnologie juridique. A/2: Droits cunéiformes, Bruxelles 1966 (with G. Cardascia) Nejstarsí zákony lidstva. Chammurapi a jeho predchudci, Prague 1979 Zákony Asyrie a Chaldeje. Pokracovatelé Chammurapiho, Prague 1985 Bibliography in: AoF 17/1 (1990) 191-219 (B. Hruska - J. Prosecky)

== Remarks ==
Studied Law at Charles University, Prague Studied under B. Hrozny, M. San Nicoló. P. Koschaker, V. Scheil and B. Landsberger Assistant Professor, Charles University, Prague, 1947-1950 Reaserch fellow, Oriental Institute, Prague, 1950-1975 Correspondent member, French Academy of Sciences, 1970

== Obituaries ==
AfO 36 (1989-1990) 194-197 (R. Haase) Iura 40 (1992) 183-185 (D. Klímová)