János Harmatta (2 October 1917 – 24 July 2004) was a Hungarian linguist.

He deciphered the Parthian ostraca and papyri of Dura-Europos and was the first to decipher a major Bactrian inscription.

[1] He taught as a professor at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

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