Definition: American archaeologist John Punnett Peters was first scientific director of the the Babylonian Exploration Fund and a professor of Semitics at the University of Pennsylvania, who conducted the first seasons of archaeological investigations at Nippur beginning in 1887; and in the process found 60,000 Sumerian cuneiform tablets.
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This glossary entry is part of the Dictionary of Archaeology. Sources for the term include the references listed on the front page of the Dictionary, and the websites listed in the sidebar. Any mistakes are the responsibility of Kris Hirst.
