Albert Planelles is a Postdoctoral Fellow at NINO (2024–2026). He specializes in Assyriology.
His research focuses on Late Bronze Age cuneiform texts produced in the so-called periphery of Mesopotamia, particularly those written in Hurrian-speaking environments. In his PhD dissertation, he prepared a complete edition of all the letters from ancient Nuzi (modern Yorghan Tepe, Iraq), and the texts from this site have also constituted the primary focus of his postdoctoral research to date. During his postdoctoral stay at NINO, his research focuses on the phenomenon of language contact between Hurrian and Akkadian. Based on the available cuneiform sources, he examines the interference of one language into the other with the aim of elucidating the linguistic and cognitive processes that resulted in the grammatical anomalies observed in the texts. This research project is based on the letters from the various Hurro-Akkadian corpora known to date.
Albert has collaborated on a number of research projects focusing on Nuzi and second millennium cuneiform sources from the periphery of Mesopotamia. He has also conducted study missions of cuneiform tablets in various museums around the world.
Research interests
Ancient Near East – Assyriology – Peripheral Akkadian – Hurrian – Language Contact – Letters
Education and background
2023/2024: Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral Fellow at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
2022: Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Alcalá
2021: PhD in Assyriology (University of Alcalá, Spain). Dissertation title: The epistolary genre in the cuneiform archives from Nuzi (northern Iraq, 15th-14th centuries BC): formulary, uses, and historical implications in the kingdom administration.
2015: MA in Ancient Cultures and Languages (University of Barcelona, Spain)
2013: BA in History (University of Barcelona, Spain)
Recent publications
2025: “Wedges as Auxiliary Marks in the Nuzi Sources”, Journal of Cuneiform Studies 77: 179-196.
2024: “Previously unidentified Hurrian words in Nuzi texts”, Altorientalische Forschungen 51/2: 297-304.
2024: “Mujeres en las cartas de Nuzi”, Vínculos de Historia 13: 137-155.
2023: “AASOR 16 12+ at full length”, Aula Orientalis 41/2: 293-300.
2023: “Boğazköy Hurrian pedari = Nuzi Hurrian perda”, N.A.B.U. 2023/4: 180-182 (no. 97).
For more information, see his Academia.edu profile.
