# Are the Indo-Iranian elements in Kassite names (šuriaš, Abirattaš, Buriaš) loans into Kassite or evidence of what Kassite was? · Hattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform archives

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# Are the Indo-Iranian elements in Kassite names (šuriaš, Abirattaš, Buriaš) loans into Kassite or evidence of what Kassite was?

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They are the only Kassite words with an agreed external match; whether they are borrowed decides whether the Indo-Aryan classification has any footing.

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