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

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

Caroline Waerzeggers (Edited by), Melanie M. Groß (Edited by)

9781009291088, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 18 January 2024

346 pages, 60 b/w illus.
23.5 x 15.5 x 2.3 cm, 0.679 kg

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.

Introduction
Part I. Babylonian Names: 1. Social aspects of Babylonian names Francis Joannès
2. Babylonian male names Julia Gießler
3. Babylonian female names Laura Cousin and Yoko Watai
4. Babylonian family names John Nielsen
5. Names of officials Beamtennamen Michael Jursa
6. Reading neo Babylonian names Cornell Thissen
Part II. Non-Babylonian Names: 7. Assyrian names Heather D. Baker
8. Aramaic names Rieneke Sonnevelt
9. Hebrew names Kathleen Abraham
10. Phoenician and related Canaanite names Ran Zadok
11. Arabian names Ahmad Al-Jallad
12. Egyptian names Steffie Van Gompel
13. Anatolian names Zsolt Simon
14. Greek names Paola Corò
15. Old Iranian names Jan Tavernier
16. Elamite names Elynn Gorris
17. Sumerian names Uri Gabbay
18. Residual, unaffiliated, and unexplained names Ran Zadok.

Subject Areas: Middle & Near Eastern archaeology [HDDC]