Imad Samir
Visiting Scholar (2016–2017)
PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Damascus, Syria
Imad Samir is a Visiting Scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, where he works on the English translation of al-Khazini's 11th-century Balance of Wisdom book. He is also a research associate at the Department of Ancient Oriental Studies at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena for the project "Etymological Dictionary of Akkadian," and translatorof the scripture "al-āla allatī tuzammir bi-nafsihā" of Banū Mūsā.
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Selected Publications
Samir, Imad (2019). Wirtschaftstexte: monatliche Buchführung über Textilien in Ibriums Amtszeit (Archiv L. 2769). Archivi Reali di Ebla. Testi 19. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
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Samir, Imad (2015). “Banu Musa ibn Shakir: A programmable universal musical automaton : two translations.” In Allah’s automata : artifacts of the Arab-Islamic renaissance (800-1200), ed. S. Zielinski and P. Weibel, 68–86. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz.
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Samir, Imad (2008). “(in Arabic) Nechao II.” The Arab encyclopaedia 20: 531–532.
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Samir, Imad (2008). “(in Arabic) Nergal.” The Arab encyclopaedia 20: 563–564.
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