Taha Yurttas

Taha Yurttaş is a PhD candidate specializing in Assyriology at Harvard University. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History from Boğaziçi University in Turkey, followed by an MPhil in Cuneiform Studies from the University of Oxford in 2019. His MPhil thesis, “Tracing Female Mill Workers of Umma during the Ur III Period,”  examined the role of women in the ancient Mesopotamian economy and labor dynamics during the late third millennium BCE. His current research and dissertation focuses on the socio-economic structures of the Old Assyrian society. 

Taha’s primary fields of interest lie at the intersection of ancient economies, social history, and art history, with a particular focus on the societies of ancient Mesopotamia and Anatolia. He has served as a teaching fellow for various undergraduate courses, including Introductory Akkadian, and content courses exploring the history, art and cultures of the Near East.