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People with Libyan names in Mesopotamian texts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2025

Mattias Karlsson
Mattias Karlsson*
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Corresponding author: Mattias Karlsson, email: mattias.karlsson.uu@gmail.com
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Abstract

In terms of foreign relations, ancient Libya is regularly tied to Egypt and Egyptology. It is rarely linked to Mesopotamia, the other great river-based civilization of the region. Nevertheless, there are a number of people with Libyan names mentioned in Assyrian-Babylonian texts. Proceeding from the premise that it is relevant to talk of a Libyan ethnicity also in this period of intermingling of Egyptians and Libyans and that personal names are meaningful and express identity on the part of the name giver, the people with Libyan names in question are presented and discussed from various biographic and demographic viewpoints in the present article.

فيما يتعلق بالعلاقات الخارجية، ارتبطت ليبيا القديمة بانتظام بمصر وعلم المصريات، ونادرا ما يتم ربطها ببلاد الرافدين، الحضارة العظيمة الأخرى القائمة على نهر في المنطقة . ومع ذلك، هناك عدد من الأشخاص المذكورين بأسماء ليبية في النصوص الآشورية -البابلية . وعند المضي قدماً من منطلق أنه من المناسب أيضا الحديث عن عرق ليبي في هذه الفترة من اختلاط المصريين والليبيين، وأن الأسماء الشخصية ذات معنى وتعبر عن الهوية من جانب صاحب الاسم، فإننا في هذه المقالة نعرض الأشخاص ذوي الأسماء الليبية و نتناول سيرهم الذاتية و الديموغرافية من وجهات نظر متعددة .

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EgyptMesopotamiaLibyan namesEgyptiansLibyans
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies

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