Margaret Munn-Rankin Explained

Joan Margaret Munn-Rankin (29 July 1913 – 28 July 1981), known as Margaret Munn-Rankin and published as J. M. Munn-Rankin, was a British archaeologist, historian, and academic, who specialised in the ancient Near East.^[1]

Career

From 1949 until her death in 1981, she was a Fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge, and a lecturer in the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Cambridge. She bequeathed a sum of money to the university to establish the Margaret Munn-Rankin Studentship for Assyriology.^[2]

In addition to her extensive teaching, she was also a field archaeologist and was involved in a number of excavations including Nimrud and Tell Rifaat.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Selected works

• Munn-Rankin . J. M. . Diplomacy in Western Asia in the Early Second Millennium B.C. . Iraq . 1956 . 18 . 1 . 68–110 . 10.2307/4199599 . 4199599.
• Munn-Rankin . J. M. . Ancient near Eastern Seals in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge . Iraq . 1959 . 21 . 1 . 20–37 . 4199645. 10.2307/4199645 .
• Book: The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume II, Part 2, History of the Middle East and the Aegean Region, 1380–1000 BC . XXV: Assyrian Military Power, 1300–1200 BC . J. M. Munn-Rankin . I. E. S. Edwards . C. J. Gadd . N. G. L. Hammond . S. Solberger . Cambridge University Press . 1975 . 274–306 . 978-0521086912.

Notes and References

1. Book: Postgate, Nicholas . Early Mesopotamia: Society and Economy at the Dawn of History . 2017-07-05 . Taylor & Francis . 978-1-136-78863-5 . xviii . en.
2. Book: University of Cambridge . Statutes and Ordinances of the University of Cambridge 2015 . 2015-10-08 . Cambridge University Press . 978-1-107-53146-8 . 870 . en.
3. Web site: Lesko. Barbara S.. Margaret Munn-Rankin 1913-1981. Breaking Ground. Brown University. 17 October 2016.
4. Postgate. J. N.. Margaret Munn-Rankin (29 July 1913-28 July 1981). Archiv für Orientforschung. 1983. 29. 333. 41661946.
5. 1981 . Editorial . Iraq . British Institute for the Study of Iraq . 43 . 2 . i . 4200138.