Chauncey S. Boucher Distinguished Service Professor of Assyriology in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
ISAC 324
Office Hours:
By appointment
773.834.2448
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1979
Teaching at UChicago since 1980
Academic Bio
Martha T. Roth is the Chauncey S. Boucher Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and the ISAC, and the Editor-in-Charge of the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary. Roth researches and publishes on the legal and social history of the ancient Near East. Her primary interests have been on family law and on women's legal and social issues, and on the compilation and transmission law norms. Currently, she is working on a project on Mesopotamian law cases.
Recent & Regularly Taught Courses
- HUMA 14100 Reading Cultures-2
- AKKD 10102 Elementary Akkadian-2
- NEHC 20019/30019 Mesopotamian Law
Affiliated Departments and Centers:
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
Subject Area:
Akkadian Language Program