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Julius Euting

يوليوس أويتنغ

Notable figure 1839–1913 · Source: Yahya Murad, Muʿjam asmaʾ al-mustashriqin, p. 168 (a second entry printed inside the entry for Ch. Autran; al-Aqiqi's row: al-Mustashriqun, 3rd ed., vol. 1, p. 247) · Second source: Deutsche Biographie, entry and GND record: Euting, Julius (1839–1913)

Field: Epigraphy and script

Affiliation

Epigrapher; Nabatäische Inschriften aus Arabien (1885)

Biography

Born in Stuttgart, he was librarian at Tübingen and then at the University of Strasbourg (from 1871), where he was also an honorary professor. He catalogued the Arabic manuscripts of the Strasbourg library (1877), travelled in central Arabia (1883–1884) copying inscriptions, published Nabatäische Inschriften aus Arabien (1885) and Sinaitische Inschriften (1891), and wrote on the speech of the Bedouin (1906).