# Robert D. Biggs 1967: Semitic Names in the Fara Period

> Robert D. Biggs, 1967. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Orientalia 36 (1967) 55–66. Showed that the Early Dynastic tablets from Abu Salabikh…

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# Semitic Names in the Fara Period

Robert D. Biggs, 1967.

**Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk** Article0

## What it's used for here

Orientalia 36 (1967) 55–66. Showed that the Early Dynastic tablets from Abu Salabikh contain numerous Semitic personal names, the first Semitic words written in cuneiform. The comparison set for a Semitic name pattern. URL is the KeiBi catalogue record; no open copy.

## Cited by on this site 2 records

[The archaic names carry an Akkadian name signature no better than a Sumerian one, and far below either language's own…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/evidence/EVD0DG2PS4YKX1E/the-archaic-names-carry-an-akkadian-name-signature-no-better)

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[Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform)

The mystery article

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## Cite it

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Robert D. Biggs (1967). Semitic Names in the Fara Period. https://keibi.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/KEI00091430?lng=en
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