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"Thousands of Sumerian and Old Akkadian personal names from 3rd millennium BCE Mesopotamia are kn... more "Thousands of Sumerian and Old Akkadian personal names from 3rd millennium BCE Mesopotamia are known and documented. The present study inspects names containing the royal appellatives, Sumerian lugal and Akkadian śarrum. The study aims at uncovering the relationships between personal names and the development of early historical kingship and religious thought in the area. An overview of Sumerian and Old Akkadian names and name-giving serves as a starting point for semantic investigations of lugal- and śarrum-names. Sumerian and Old Akkadian names are to a large extent meaningful, and the literal meaning can be used to arrive at an understanding of the symbolic value, which led to the coining of the name. Discussions rely on comparable passages of contemporary and later written traditions. To facilitate discussion and comparisons between the languages, names are divided into semantic groups based on characteristic traits found in contemporary royal inscriptions and religious texts. Parallel constructions are noted whenever such constructions are known. Names are assigned human or divine referents when possible. A look at political and religious developments puts the distribution of certain name types over time and space into perspective. Local and regional traditions and types are displayed and related either to royal ideological traits or to theological speculation. Besides locally significant gods, a few other deities can be identified as referents in names. A brief statistical overview of different archives shows that names featuring the figure of the lugal experience an increase in popularity at the expense of other types. A system of annotation gives approximate numbers for bearers of names belonging to the types investigated. Lists of attestations, which document date and archival context, form the basis for discussions and conclusions and make the material available for inspection and further exploration."
"Thousands of Sumerian and Old Akkadian personal names from 3rd millennium BCE Mesopotamia are kn... more "Thousands of Sumerian and Old Akkadian personal names from 3rd millennium BCE Mesopotamia are known and documented. The present study inspects names containing the royal appellatives, Sumerian lugal and Akkadian śarrum. The study aims at uncovering the relationships between personal names and the development of early historical kingship and religious thought in the area.
An overview of Sumerian and Old Akkadian names and name-giving serves as a starting point for semantic investigations of lugal- and śarrum-names. Sumerian and Old Akkadian names are to a large extent meaningful, and the literal meaning can be used to arrive at an understanding of the symbolic value, which led to the coining of the name. Discussions rely on comparable passages of contemporary and later written traditions.
To facilitate discussion and comparisons between the languages, names are divided into semantic groups based on characteristic traits found in contemporary royal inscriptions and religious texts. Parallel constructions are noted whenever such constructions are known. Names are assigned human or divine referents when possible. A look at political and religious developments puts the distribution of certain name types over time and space into perspective. Local and regional traditions and types are displayed and related either to royal ideological traits or to theological speculation. Besides locally significant gods, a few other deities can be identified as referents in names. A brief statistical overview of different archives shows that names featuring the figure of the lugal experience an increase in popularity at the expense of other types.
A system of annotation gives approximate numbers for bearers of names belonging to the types investigated. Lists of attestations, which document date and archival context, form the basis for discussions and conclusions and make the material available for inspection and further exploration."
Papers by Jakob Andersson
The Urban Mind: Cultural …, Jan 1, 2010
Cuneiform Digital Library Bulletin, May 21, 2014
Three early Mesopotamian cuneiform documents are studied and treated. One is a contract dealing w... more Three early Mesopotamian cuneiform documents are studied and treated. One is a contract dealing with the acquisition of fields in the Early Dynastic Sumerian city of Šuruppag (ca 2600 BCE); one is a foundation document written on a clay cone commemorating the building of a temple by Gudea, governor of the city-state of Lagaš (ca 2120 BCE); one is a small administrative text from the eighth year of the reign of the Ur III king Šu-Su'en (ca 2030 BCE). The barley to copper equivalency found in some Early Dynastic Šuruppag contracts is discussed based on information in the first text.
N.A.B.U. 2013/4, 100-101 (no. 59)
N.A.B.U. 2013/4, 99-100 (no. 58), Dec 26, 2013
99 -substance and the presence of GIŠ see recently H. Brunke -W. Sallaberger, «Aromata für Duftöl... more 99 -substance and the presence of GIŠ see recently H. Brunke -W. Sallaberger, «Aromata für Duftöl», in A. Kleinerman -J. M. Sasson (edd.), Why Should Someone Who Knows Something Conceal It? Cuneiform Studies in Honor of David I. Owen on His 70th Birthday, Bethesda, 2010, p. 50.
A Sargonic period cuneiform text containing a month name from the Old Semitic calendar attested e... more A Sargonic period cuneiform text containing a month name from the Old Semitic calendar attested e.g. at Abu Salabikh and Ebla is treated and commented on. An interpretation of the month name is proposed.
Paul J. J. Sinclair, et al. (eds.), The Urban Mind: Cultural and Environmental Dynamics. Studies in Global Archaeology 15 (Uppsala 2010), 113-147
The authors give a brief overview of socio-environmental interactions underpinning urbanism in th... more The authors give a brief overview of socio-environmental interactions underpinning urbanism in the part of the world with the longest urban development, that is, the Ancient Near East and Egypt 5000–100 BC. Further details are presented for southern Mesopotamia, with a special focus on the city of Babylon during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II in the 6th century BC.
Two Old Babylonian contracts from a Swedish private collection are published. The known modern hi... more Two Old Babylonian contracts from a Swedish private collection are published. The known modern history of the contracts is described. The texts are given a historical and geographical context in the Ancient Near East of the Old Babylonian period (ca 2000-1595 BCE). The type of text, the people appearing in them, some administrative procedures and the times in which the contracts were written are discussed.
Book Reviews by Jakob Andersson
WZKM 104 (2014), 273-276.
WZKM 103 (2013), 406-408.
WZKM 103 (2013), 412-414.
Projects by Jakob Andersson
International Workshop to be held in Uppsala University, 13-14 September 2019. Funded by the Riks... more International Workshop to be held in Uppsala University, 13-14 September 2019. Funded by the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond as part of the project "Memories for Life", at the Universities of Uppsala and Cambridge. This workshop brings together leading scholars working across regional and diachronic spectrums in antiquity in order to develop theoretical models and methodologies for analysing and interpreting inscribed objects across time and space. Structured as a dialogue, we will consider the ritual underpinnings of inscribed objects, their role as active agents in memory construction, and the very ways we define a “dedicatory” or “commemorative” object. Speakers include scholars in Classics, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Egyptology, Biblical Studies and Comparative religion, drawing upon ideas generated in fields such as anthropology, material religion, and communication studies. This collaboration will situate inscribed objects within a nexus of theoretical and methodological approaches that speaks to them as complex agents of communication and identity formation.
This is the presentation of the project "Memories for Life: Materiality and Memory of Ancient Nea... more This is the presentation of the project "Memories for Life: Materiality and Memory of Ancient Near Eastern inscribed private objects", run by Jakob Andersson (Uppsala) and Christina Tsouparopoulou (Cambridge), and funded by the Swedish Research Council for the period 2017-2020.
"Thousands of Sumerian and Old Akkadian personal names from 3rd millennium BCE Mesopotamia are kn... more "Thousands of Sumerian and Old Akkadian personal names from 3rd millennium BCE Mesopotamia are known and documented. The present study inspects names containing the royal appellatives, Sumerian lugal and Akkadian śarrum. The study aims at uncovering the relationships between personal names and the development of early historical kingship and religious thought in the area. An overview of Sumerian and Old Akkadian names and name-giving serves as a starting point for semantic investigations of lugal- and śarrum-names. Sumerian and Old Akkadian names are to a large extent meaningful, and the literal meaning can be used to arrive at an understanding of the symbolic value, which led to the coining of the name. Discussions rely on comparable passages of contemporary and later written traditions. To facilitate discussion and comparisons between the languages, names are divided into semantic groups based on characteristic traits found in contemporary royal inscriptions and religious texts. Parallel constructions are noted whenever such constructions are known. Names are assigned human or divine referents when possible. A look at political and religious developments puts the distribution of certain name types over time and space into perspective. Local and regional traditions and types are displayed and related either to royal ideological traits or to theological speculation. Besides locally significant gods, a few other deities can be identified as referents in names. A brief statistical overview of different archives shows that names featuring the figure of the lugal experience an increase in popularity at the expense of other types. A system of annotation gives approximate numbers for bearers of names belonging to the types investigated. Lists of attestations, which document date and archival context, form the basis for discussions and conclusions and make the material available for inspection and further exploration."
"Thousands of Sumerian and Old Akkadian personal names from 3rd millennium BCE Mesopotamia are kn... more "Thousands of Sumerian and Old Akkadian personal names from 3rd millennium BCE Mesopotamia are known and documented. The present study inspects names containing the royal appellatives, Sumerian lugal and Akkadian śarrum. The study aims at uncovering the relationships between personal names and the development of early historical kingship and religious thought in the area.
An overview of Sumerian and Old Akkadian names and name-giving serves as a starting point for semantic investigations of lugal- and śarrum-names. Sumerian and Old Akkadian names are to a large extent meaningful, and the literal meaning can be used to arrive at an understanding of the symbolic value, which led to the coining of the name. Discussions rely on comparable passages of contemporary and later written traditions.
To facilitate discussion and comparisons between the languages, names are divided into semantic groups based on characteristic traits found in contemporary royal inscriptions and religious texts. Parallel constructions are noted whenever such constructions are known. Names are assigned human or divine referents when possible. A look at political and religious developments puts the distribution of certain name types over time and space into perspective. Local and regional traditions and types are displayed and related either to royal ideological traits or to theological speculation. Besides locally significant gods, a few other deities can be identified as referents in names. A brief statistical overview of different archives shows that names featuring the figure of the lugal experience an increase in popularity at the expense of other types.
A system of annotation gives approximate numbers for bearers of names belonging to the types investigated. Lists of attestations, which document date and archival context, form the basis for discussions and conclusions and make the material available for inspection and further exploration."
The Urban Mind: Cultural …, Jan 1, 2010
Cuneiform Digital Library Bulletin, May 21, 2014
Three early Mesopotamian cuneiform documents are studied and treated. One is a contract dealing w... more Three early Mesopotamian cuneiform documents are studied and treated. One is a contract dealing with the acquisition of fields in the Early Dynastic Sumerian city of Šuruppag (ca 2600 BCE); one is a foundation document written on a clay cone commemorating the building of a temple by Gudea, governor of the city-state of Lagaš (ca 2120 BCE); one is a small administrative text from the eighth year of the reign of the Ur III king Šu-Su'en (ca 2030 BCE). The barley to copper equivalency found in some Early Dynastic Šuruppag contracts is discussed based on information in the first text.
N.A.B.U. 2013/4, 100-101 (no. 59)
N.A.B.U. 2013/4, 99-100 (no. 58), Dec 26, 2013
99 -substance and the presence of GIŠ see recently H. Brunke -W. Sallaberger, «Aromata für Duftöl... more 99 -substance and the presence of GIŠ see recently H. Brunke -W. Sallaberger, «Aromata für Duftöl», in A. Kleinerman -J. M. Sasson (edd.), Why Should Someone Who Knows Something Conceal It? Cuneiform Studies in Honor of David I. Owen on His 70th Birthday, Bethesda, 2010, p. 50.
A Sargonic period cuneiform text containing a month name from the Old Semitic calendar attested e... more A Sargonic period cuneiform text containing a month name from the Old Semitic calendar attested e.g. at Abu Salabikh and Ebla is treated and commented on. An interpretation of the month name is proposed.
Paul J. J. Sinclair, et al. (eds.), The Urban Mind: Cultural and Environmental Dynamics. Studies in Global Archaeology 15 (Uppsala 2010), 113-147
The authors give a brief overview of socio-environmental interactions underpinning urbanism in th... more The authors give a brief overview of socio-environmental interactions underpinning urbanism in the part of the world with the longest urban development, that is, the Ancient Near East and Egypt 5000–100 BC. Further details are presented for southern Mesopotamia, with a special focus on the city of Babylon during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II in the 6th century BC.
Two Old Babylonian contracts from a Swedish private collection are published. The known modern hi... more Two Old Babylonian contracts from a Swedish private collection are published. The known modern history of the contracts is described. The texts are given a historical and geographical context in the Ancient Near East of the Old Babylonian period (ca 2000-1595 BCE). The type of text, the people appearing in them, some administrative procedures and the times in which the contracts were written are discussed.
WZKM 104 (2014), 273-276.
WZKM 103 (2013), 406-408.
WZKM 103 (2013), 412-414.
International Workshop to be held in Uppsala University, 13-14 September 2019. Funded by the Riks... more International Workshop to be held in Uppsala University, 13-14 September 2019. Funded by the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond as part of the project "Memories for Life", at the Universities of Uppsala and Cambridge. This workshop brings together leading scholars working across regional and diachronic spectrums in antiquity in order to develop theoretical models and methodologies for analysing and interpreting inscribed objects across time and space. Structured as a dialogue, we will consider the ritual underpinnings of inscribed objects, their role as active agents in memory construction, and the very ways we define a “dedicatory” or “commemorative” object. Speakers include scholars in Classics, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Egyptology, Biblical Studies and Comparative religion, drawing upon ideas generated in fields such as anthropology, material religion, and communication studies. This collaboration will situate inscribed objects within a nexus of theoretical and methodological approaches that speaks to them as complex agents of communication and identity formation.
This is the presentation of the project "Memories for Life: Materiality and Memory of Ancient Nea... more This is the presentation of the project "Memories for Life: Materiality and Memory of Ancient Near Eastern inscribed private objects", run by Jakob Andersson (Uppsala) and Christina Tsouparopoulou (Cambridge), and funded by the Swedish Research Council for the period 2017-2020.