Dietrich Opitz

Dietrich Opitz was a German assyriologist and colleague of Bruno Meissner. He was the first to propose that Tell el Fakhariya was the location of Wassuganni, capital of the Hurrian kingdom of Mitanni from c.1500 BC.^[1] though this is now considered unlikely.^[2]

Works

• Eine Form der Ackerbestellung in Assyrien ZA 37 nf 3 (1927):
• Ein Altar des Konigs Tukulti-Ninurta 1. von Assyrien, AfO, 7 (1931), 83-90.
• Der geschlachtete Gott
• Das Problem des Burney-Reliefs

1. ^ D. Opitz, Die Lage von Wassuganni
2. ^ Edward Lipiński The Aramaeans: their ancient history, culture, religion 2000 Page 120 "This proposal was made first by D. Opitz"