Studies in Third Millennium Sumerian and Akkadian Personal Names

The Designation and Conception of the Personal God

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Extent: 339 pages

Publisher: Peeters Publishers

Subjects: Ancient Near East

Series: Studia Pohl. Series Maior

Series volume number: 16

Language: English

(Paperback) (Published)

(December 1993)

ISBN: 9788876536014

Price: $43.00

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The Sumerian and Akkadian Personal Names of the third Millennium show that the notion of a personal god, or personal gods exist from the earliest periods of Mesopotamian history. Although allusions figure more prominently in the Akkadian onomasticon than in the Sumerian, the idea is already well-rooted in both traditions at a very early date and presumably antedates extant written sources.