1975 to Cornelis Jan Dirk Waal] and Iris Schuddebeurs) is a Dutch Hittitologist and Classicist.
She is known especially for her work on Hittite administrative practice and the development of early scripts, including Luwian hieroglyphic[1] and the Greek alphabet.
[3] Waal received various grants for her research, including fellowships from Cambridge University's CREWS project,[4] the Institute of Aegean Prehistory and the Swiss Foundation Luwian Studies.
[5] Her doctoral thesis was published in 2015 as Hittite Diplomatics: Studies in Ancient Document Format and Record Management.
[6] She is co-editor, along with Jorrit M. Kelder, of From 'Lugal.Gal' to 'Wanax': kingship and political organisation in the Late Bronze Age Aegean, a work discussing Hittite evidence for the nature of Myceanaen Greek society.