Personal names in cuneiform texts from Babylonia (c. 750-100 BCE) : an introduction /

"This book is for students and researchers of ancient Middle Eastern history who work with cuneiform texts from Babylonia (c. 750-100 BCE). These sources contain large numbers of personal names of different linguistic origins. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core"-...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Cambridge University Press
Other Authors:	Waerzeggers, Caroline (Editor), Gross, Melanie M. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Subjects:	Names, Personal > Akkadian > Iraq > Babylonia. Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian > Iraq > Babylonia. Akkadian language > Iraq > Babylonia > Etymology > Names. Inscriptions cunéiformes akkadiennes > Irak > Babylonie. Akkadian language > Etymology > Names. Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian. Names, Personal > Akkadian. Electronic books. Essays.
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Table of Contents:

Part One. Babylonian Names
Social Aspects of Babylonian Names / Francis Joannès
Babylonian Male Names / Julia Giessler
Babylonian Female Names / Laura Cousin and Yoko Watai
Babylonian Family Names / John Nielsen
Names of Officials ('Beamtennamen') / Michael Jursa
Reading Neo-Babylonian Names / Cornell Thissen
Part Two. Non-Babylonian Names
Assyrian Names / Heather D. Baker
Aramaic Names / Rieneke Sonnevelt
Hebrew Names / Kathleen Abraham
Phoenician and Related Canaanite Names / Ran Zadok
Arabian Names / Ahmad Al-Jallad
Egyptian Names / Steffie Van Gompel
Anatolian Names / Zsolt Simon
Greek Names / Paola Corò
Old Iranian Names / Jan Tavernier
Elamite Names / Elynn Gorris
Sumerian Names / Uri Gabbay
Residual, Unaffiliated, and Unexplained Names / Ran Zadok.