Erica Reiner, the John A. Wilson Distinguished Service Professor emeritus at The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, died December 31, 2005, at her home in Chicago. She was 81. Dr. Reiner was a world-renowned scholar of Assyriology and spent forty-four years of her long career working on the Chicago Assyrian Dictionary. She also served for several years on the editorial board of SBL's Writings from the Ancient World series.

Two obituaries to note:

Chicago Tribune

New York Times

Citation: , " Erica Reiner 1924-2005," SBL Forum , n.p. [cited Jan 2006]. Online:http://sbl-site.org/Article.aspx?ArticleID=484