Excerpt from Business Documents of Murash� Sons of Nippur: Dated in the Reign of Artaxerxes I, 464-424 B. C The numerous proper names of our documents prove of exceptional value. To make the rich linguistic material contained in them accessible even to thos not familiar with the cuneiform writing of the originals, I have attached to this complete Concordance of Proper Names. For often enough it happens tha1 important material is not found in the names of witnesses and scribes, usually similar publications, but in those ...
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Excerpt from Business Documents of Murash� Sons of Nippur: Dated in the Reign of Artaxerxes I, 464-424 B. C The numerous proper names of our documents prove of exceptional value. To make the rich linguistic material contained in them accessible even to thos not familiar with the cuneiform writing of the originals, I have attached to this complete Concordance of Proper Names. For often enough it happens tha1 important material is not found in the names of witnesses and scribes, usually similar publications, but in those of their fathers and in the many other names the inscriptions. With the intention of facilitating the tiresome but essential those who are engaged in the compilation of dictionaries of Babylonian proper at least three of them are in the course of preparation - I have cited every 1 which a name occurs. In gathering the scattered material I have been able ment a great number of mutilated names, enclosed in brackets, and to restore br The numerous foreign names are characterized by a little asterisk placed bet If foreign origin seemed doubtful, this asterisk has been omitted. For it seeme give rather too little than too much in a first attempt to discriminate between the B and foreign proper names of our inscriptions, especially as comparatively but litt been done for the analysis and understanding of ancient Semitic proper names. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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