[Deutsch] **Hermann Vollrat (auch Volrath oder Vollrath) Hilprecht** (geb. 1859 in Hohenerxleben, Reg.-bez. Magdeburg, Prov. Sachsen, Kgr. Preußen; gest. 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) war ein deutsch-amerikanischer Archäologe und Assyriologe.
[English] **Hermann Vollrat (also Volrath or Vollrath) Hilprecht** (born in 1859 at Hohenerxleben, Regierungsbezirk Magdeburg, Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia; died in 1925 at Philadelphia, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, USA) was a German-American Assyriologist and Archaeologist.
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