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  • Chapter 1 - Social Aspects of Babylonian Names

  • from Part I - 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 19-36
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    In Babylonia, the name was used to establish the social identity of its bearer. Names attested to the piety of the family through frequent references to the protection of the divinity of the city or country. The name also marked the place of an individual within their kinship group. The frequent use of family names by the urban elite of the first millennium BCE, often referring to a prestigious ancestor, made it possible to mark a person as belonging to a well-recognised family group. By contrast, slaves, oblates, and other dependents often only had their personal name and their social qualification.