Education
University of Chicago.
anthropologist archaeologist historian linguist
University of Chicago.
Baqir is considered one of Iraq"s most eminent archaeologists. Among the works he is remembered for are his Akkadian to Arabic translation of the Epic of Gilgamesh, his decipherment of Sumero-Akkadian mathematical tablets, his Akkadian law code discoveries, and his excavations of ancient Babylonian and Sumerian sites. Including the ancient Sumerian city of Shaduppum in Baghdad.
Baqir was proficient in the four historical Iraqi languages (Arabic, Aramaic, Akkadian, Sumerian), as well as English, French, and German.
Iraqi Department of Antiquities and Heritage
Technical expert 1938–1941. Secretary of the Iraqi National Museum 1941–1953.
Associate Director of Antiquities 1953–1958. Inspector General of Excavations 1958.
General Director of Antiquities 1958–1963.
In Libya
Consultant at the Libyan Department of Antiquities 1965–1970. Professor at the University of Libya 1965–1970. University of Baghdad
Taught ancient history and civilization at the Faculty of Education, University of Baghdad 1941–1960.
Taught ancient Iraqi languages (Sumerian and Akkadian) at the Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts 1951–1963.
Founding Board Member, University of Baghdad 1957–1958. Vice President of Baghdad University 1961–1963.
Professor at Baghdad University College of Arts 1970–1978. Iraqi Academy of Sciences
Active member in the Iraqi Academy of Sciences 1971, 1979.
Vice President of the Iraqi Academy of Sciences 1983.
Board Member of the University of Baghdad 1960–1963.