# A few Kassite divine and personal names contain Indo-Iranian words, such as šuriaš, sun god, and Abirattaš, with the…

> A few Kassite divine and personal names contain Indo-Iranian words, such as šuriaš, sun god, and Abirattaš, with the word for chariot.

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# A few Kassite divine and personal names contain Indo-Iranian words, such as šuriaš, sun god, and Abirattaš, with the…

A few Kassite divine and personal names contain Indo-Iranian words, such as šuriaš, sun god, and Abirattaš, with the word for chariot.

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## What it means

Key question[What was the Kassite language, and can it be classified from a 48-entry vocabulary and a few hundred names?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/questions/QST0DEDWK5SV6E1/what-was-the-kassite-language-and-can-it-be-classified-from)

5 answers, none ahead yet

**Open** unchanged

Answer this evidence bears on[Kassite is an Indo-Aryan (Indo-Iranian) language.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/answers/ANS0DEDYPVXP6AK/kassite-is-an-indo-aryan-indo-iranian-language)

Supports1 for, 1 against

**Still possible** unchanged

## Sources 2

[Iran vii. Non-Iranian Languages (5) Kassite](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDM9ZQ0V5T/iran-vii-non-iranian-languages-5-kassite)

Windfuhr 2006

SRC

[La lingua dei Cassiti](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDMKATEHCY/la-lingua-dei-cassiti)

Ancillotti 1981

SRC

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Mysteries Department. (2026). A few Kassite divine and personal names contain Indo-Iranian words, such as šuriaš, sun god, and Abirattaš, with the… [Evidence EVD0DEEB1DNE0A4]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEB1DNE0A4
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