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Research paper thumbnail of Kingship in the Early Mesopotamian Onomasticon 2800–2200 BCE (fulltext)

"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."

Research paper thumbnail of Kingship in the Early Mesopotamian Onomasticon 2800-2200 BCE. Studia Semitica Upsaliensia 28

"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

Research paper thumbnail of Cities and Urban Landscapes in the Ancient Near East and Egypt with Special Focus on the City of Babylon

The Urban Mind: Cultural …, Jan 1, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of “Third Millennium Cuneiform Texts  in a Swedish Private Collection”, CDLB 2014:001

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.

Research paper thumbnail of Note on a "new" Naramsin year name

N.A.B.U. 2013/4, 100-101 (no. 59)

Research paper thumbnail of The god dNE.DAG = "torch" ?

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.

Research paper thumbnail of Kingship in the Early Mesopotamian Onomasticon 2800-2200 BCE - Update no. 1

Research paper thumbnail of “An Ur III Messenger text from Umma in the Haldar collection”, CDLN 2013:001

Research paper thumbnail of “A Modest Addition to Early Syro-Mesopotamian Calendars”, in G. Barjamovic, J. Dahl & U. Koch-Westenholz (eds.),Akkade is King! A Collection of Papers by Friends and Colleagues Presented to Aage Westenholz on the Occasion of his 70th Birthday 15th of May 2009. PIHANS 118 (Leiden 2011), 39-46

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.

Research paper thumbnail of “Cities and Urban Landscapes in the Ancient Near East and Egypt with Special Focus on the City of Babylon”

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.

Research paper thumbnail of “Some Cuneiform Texts from the Haldar Collection. Two Old Babylonian Contracts”, in Orientalia Suecana 57 (2008), 5-22

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

Research paper thumbnail of Review of: Molina, Manuel: Sargonic Cuneiform Tablets in the Real Academia de la Historia. The Carl L. Lippmann Collection (Catálogo del Gabinete de Antigüedades I.1.6). With the collaboration of Maria Elena Milone and Ekaterina Markina. Madrid 2014.

Research paper thumbnail of Review of: Huh, Su Kyung: Studien zur Region Lagaš: Von der Ubaid- bis zur altbabylonischen Zeit. Alter Orient und Altes Testament 345. Münster 2008.

WZKM 104 (2014), 273-276.

Research paper thumbnail of Review of: Aruz, Joan; Benzel, Kim & Evans, Jean M. (eds.): Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2008.

WZKM 103 (2013), 406-408.

Research paper thumbnail of Review of: Charvát, Petr & Maříková Vlčková, Petra (eds.): Who Was King? Who Was Not King?: The Rulers and the Ruled in the Ancient Near East. Prague: Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 2010.

WZKM 103 (2013), 412-414.

Projects by Jakob Andersson

Research paper thumbnail of Workshop: Crafting Memories and Identities in Antiquity

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.

Research paper thumbnail of "Memories for Life: Materiality and Memory of Ancient Near Eastern inscribed private objects"

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.

Research paper thumbnail of Kingship in the Early Mesopotamian Onomasticon 2800–2200 BCE (fulltext)

"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."

Research paper thumbnail of Kingship in the Early Mesopotamian Onomasticon 2800-2200 BCE. Studia Semitica Upsaliensia 28

"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."

Research paper thumbnail of Cities and Urban Landscapes in the Ancient Near East and Egypt with Special Focus on the City of Babylon

The Urban Mind: Cultural …, Jan 1, 2010

Research paper thumbnail of “Third Millennium Cuneiform Texts  in a Swedish Private Collection”, CDLB 2014:001

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.

Research paper thumbnail of Note on a "new" Naramsin year name

N.A.B.U. 2013/4, 100-101 (no. 59)

Research paper thumbnail of The god dNE.DAG = "torch" ?

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.

Research paper thumbnail of Kingship in the Early Mesopotamian Onomasticon 2800-2200 BCE - Update no. 1

Research paper thumbnail of “An Ur III Messenger text from Umma in the Haldar collection”, CDLN 2013:001

Research paper thumbnail of “A Modest Addition to Early Syro-Mesopotamian Calendars”, in G. Barjamovic, J. Dahl & U. Koch-Westenholz (eds.),Akkade is King! A Collection of Papers by Friends and Colleagues Presented to Aage Westenholz on the Occasion of his 70th Birthday 15th of May 2009. PIHANS 118 (Leiden 2011), 39-46

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.

Research paper thumbnail of “Cities and Urban Landscapes in the Ancient Near East and Egypt with Special Focus on the City of Babylon”

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.

Research paper thumbnail of “Some Cuneiform Texts from the Haldar Collection. Two Old Babylonian Contracts”, in Orientalia Suecana 57 (2008), 5-22

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.

Research paper thumbnail of Review of: Molina, Manuel: Sargonic Cuneiform Tablets in the Real Academia de la Historia. The Carl L. Lippmann Collection (Catálogo del Gabinete de Antigüedades I.1.6). With the collaboration of Maria Elena Milone and Ekaterina Markina. Madrid 2014.

Research paper thumbnail of Review of: Huh, Su Kyung: Studien zur Region Lagaš: Von der Ubaid- bis zur altbabylonischen Zeit. Alter Orient und Altes Testament 345. Münster 2008.

WZKM 104 (2014), 273-276.

Research paper thumbnail of Review of: Aruz, Joan; Benzel, Kim & Evans, Jean M. (eds.): Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2008.

WZKM 103 (2013), 406-408.

Research paper thumbnail of Review of: Charvát, Petr & Maříková Vlčková, Petra (eds.): Who Was King? Who Was Not King?: The Rulers and the Ruled in the Ancient Near East. Prague: Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 2010.

WZKM 103 (2013), 412-414.

Research paper thumbnail of Workshop: Crafting Memories and Identities in Antiquity

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.

Research paper thumbnail of "Memories for Life: Materiality and Memory of Ancient Near Eastern inscribed private objects"

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.