I sadly just learned about the death of the notable Sumerologist, Marcel Sigrist. Sigrist was one of my professors in graduate school. Sigrist was already legendary at that time, having produced a substantial output of useful works. Sigrist always encouraged me to get more involved in Sumerian studies. He took me around the first Rencontre Assyriologique that I attended. I loved working with him.
I remember one time, sitting in the study room adjacent to the Babylonian collection in Sterling Library at Yale halfway through the semester when he was a visiting scholar. Sigrist came in to me all apologetic, saying: "I'm so sorry. I thought Jean-Guy was your first name."
I will miss him.
