James B. Nies

James Buchanan Nies (22 November 1856 - 1922) was an American episcopal minister and Assyriologist. He was president of the American Oriental Society in 1921.

Selected publications Articles "Notes on a Cross Jordan Trip Made October 23rd to November 7th, 1899", Palestine Exploration Quarterly, Vol. 33 (1901), No. 4, pp. 362–368. "The Opportunity of the American School of Archaeology in Palestine", Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 20, No. 1 (1901), pp. 31–37. "The Boomerang in Ancient Babylonia", American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 16, No. 1 (January–March 1914), pp. 26–32. "A Net Cylinder of Entemena", Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 36 (1916), pp. 137–139.

Books Historical, Religious and Economic Texts and Antiquities. Yale University Press, New Haven, 1920. (With Clarence E. Keiser) Ur Dynasty Tablets. Texts chiefly from Tello and Drehem written during the reigns of Dungi, Bur-Sin, Gimil-Sin, and Ibi-Sin &c. J.C. Hinrichs, Leipzig, 1920.