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This chapter discusses Aramaic personal names, as attested in Babylonian cuneiform sources from the Neo- and Late Babylonian periods. Linguistically these names are of West Semitic nature, whereas they are written in cuneiform script used to express Late Babylonian Akkadian. Cuneiform text groups that furnish the bulk of the data are those from Yahudu, Bit-Abi-râm, and surroundings (sixth and fifth centuries BCE) and the Murašû corpus from Nippur (second half of the fifth century BCE). These corpora differ from most contemporary cuneiform archives. Rather than portraying Babylonian urban elites, they are set in rural areas that had exprienced migratory settlement (Aramean tribes, deportees). Hence, these texts document a population known for its ethnic and linguistic diversity. This diversity is reflected in the onomasticon, of which Aramaic names constitute the largest non-Babylonian component. The Aramaic names are recognisable on the basis of linguistic criteria. Moreover, Aramean deities are often invoked in verbal and nominal sentence names. The chapter offers many examples of the various characteristics of Aramean names that are discussed and it also presents tools for identifying Aramaic names in Babylonian texts.
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