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  • Chapter 12 - Egyptian Names

  • from Part II - Non-Babylonian Names
  • Edited by Caroline Waerzeggers, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, The Netherlands, Melanie M. Groß, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, The Netherlands
  • Book:
    Personal Names in Cuneiform Texts from Babylonia (c. 750–100 BCE)
    Published online:
    02 January 2024
    Print publication:
    18 January 2024, pp 194-212
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    The chapter considers Egyptian personal names recorded in cuneiform Babylonian texts. In first-millennium BCE Babylonia people bearing Egyptian names appear in the Murašû archive and temple ration lists as well as in other (minor) sources, in various capacities. People with Egyptian names were predominantly ethnic Egyptians or at least of Egyptian descent, while on rare occasions non-Egyptians took on an Egyptian name or name element. Identifying Egyptian names in cuneiform texts can be tricky – one reason being that the cuneiform script records vowels while Egyptian scripts generally do not, making name identification more dependent on consonants. Another is that Assyriological and Egyptological transcription methods differ substantially, which makes the process of finding a name parallel in Egyptological literature more difficult for the non-Egyptologist. This chapter gives an overview of common Egyptian names, naming patterns and name elements of the period, and instructions on how to identify Egyptian names in Babylonian texts and how to link these names to Egyptological name collections.