Abstract
This chapter presents and discusses the Sumerian names in the Neo- and Late Babylonian onomasticon. Since Sumerian was not a spoken language for at least 1,500 years by this period, this is a very small corpus, comprising of a few family names (and not names of individuals). The family names are mostly associated with scholars and cultic practitioners who in turn associated themselves with the Sumerian language through their ritual recitations, or through their scholarly study. The chapter presents the Akkadian rendering of these Sumerian names when known, and also discusses the relationship between the Sumerian family names and the different cities in which they are attested.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Personal Names in Cuneiform Texts from Babylonia (c. 750–100 BCE) |
| Subtitle of host publication | An Introduction |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 273-282 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781009291071 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781009291088 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2024 |
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Keywords
- A-ba-Ninnu-da-ri
- Ab-sum-mu
- Asarluḫi-mansum
- Egibatila
- Lú-dumu-nun-na
- Nanna-utu
- Sumerian
- Ur-Nanna