Personal Names in Cuneiform Texts from Babylonia (c. 750–100 BCE)

Personal Names in Cuneiform Texts from Babylonia (c. 750–100 BCE)
Author: Caroline Waerzeggers
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2024-01-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1009291084

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An introduction to the linguistic diversity of personal names in cuneiform texts from Babylonia (c. 750-100 BCE).

The Pantheon of Uruk During the Neo-Babylonian Period

The Pantheon of Uruk During the Neo-Babylonian Period
Author: Paul-Alain Beaulieu
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2021-11-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004496807

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This book is about the pantheon of the Babylonian city of Uruk, between the 9th and 5th centuries BC. It is a careful analysis of the archive of the Eanna temple in Uruk, the sanctuary of the goddess Ishtar, containing well over 8,000 cuneiform tablets in the Akkadian language. The tablets date in their majority to the Neo-Babylonian and early Achaemenid period. Paul-Alain Beaulieu sheds light on the hierarchy of the local pantheon, providing a wealth of data concerning the cult of each deity, such as identity and theology, ornaments and clothing of the divine image, offerings ceremonies, temples, and cultic personnel. An important contribution to our knowledge of the functioning of religion in Neo-Babylonian society.

Personal Names in Cuneiform Texts from Babylonia (c. 750–100 BCE)

Personal Names in Cuneiform Texts from Babylonia (c. 750–100 BCE)
Author: Caroline Waerzeggers
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 423
Release: 2024-01-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1009291068

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Personal names provide fascinating testimony to Babylonia's multi-ethnic society. This volume offers a practical introduction to the repertoire of personal names recorded in cuneiform texts from Babylonia in the first millennium BCE. In this period, individuals moved freely as well as involuntarily across the ancient Middle East, leaving traces of their presence in the archives of institutions and private persons in southern Mesopotamia. The multilingual nature of this name material poses challenges for students and researchers who want to access these data as part of their exploration of the social history of the region in the period. This volume offers guidelines and tools that will help readers navigate this difficult material. The title is also available Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Amarna Personal Names

Amarna Personal Names
Author: Richard S. Hess
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Total Pages: 312
Release: 1993
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780931464713

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The Amarna letters are foundational documents for the study of Late Bronze Age history and language in the ancient Near East. One of the most significant aspects of these letters has been the discovery of Canaanite influence in the Akkadian language of these letters. This discovery has provided a wealth of linguistic knowledge concerning that period and its influence on subsequent ages. Though much has been written about the Amarna letters, until now there has been no comprehensive study of the personal names found in the cuneiform texts from El-Amarna. Dr. Hess fills the void with this comprehensive reference tool. The main part of the book catalogs the Amarna personal names, providing necessary information for each name, including attested spellings, occurrences, identification, textual notes, and analysis. The author then offers a grammatical analysis of the names and glossaries of the seven languages attested in personal names in the letters. Glossaries of divine name and geographical name elements and an extensive bibliography complete the study. This volume is essential for research libraries and for scholars and students working with the Amarna letters or Akkadian and Northwest Semitic languages.

Proceedings of the XLV Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale

Proceedings of the XLV Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale
Author: I. Tzvi Abusch
Publisher:
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2001
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

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This set of two entirely individual volumes publishes the Proceedings of the 45th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale held jointly in Cambridge Massachusetts and New Haven Conneticut in 1988.