János Harmatta

The native form of this personal name is Harmatta János. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

János Harmatta (2 October 1917 – 24 July 2004) was a Hungarian linguist. He deciphered the Parthian ostraca and papyri of Dura-Europos and was the first to decipher a major Bactrian inscription.^[1]

János Harmatta
Born	(1917-10-02)2 October 1917 Hódmezővásárhely, Kingdom of Hungary
Died	24 July 2004(2004-07-24) (aged 86) Budapest, Hungary
Nationality	Hungarian
Academic work
Discipline	Linguistics
Sub-discipline	Indo-European linguistics

He taught as a professor at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Literary works

• Harmatta János (1917-): Forrástanulmányok Herodotos Skythika-jához = Quellenstudien zu den Skythika des Herodot / irta Harmatta János ()