# Jakob Andersson 2012: Kingship in the Early Mesopotamian Onomasticon 2800–2200 BCE

> Jakob Andersson, 2012. 12 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Studia Semitica Upsaliensia 28 (Uppsala 2012), Uppsala doctoral thesis. Surveys…

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# Kingship in the Early Mesopotamian Onomasticon 2800–2200 BCE

Jakob Andersson, 2012.

**Proto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk** Book0

## What it's used for here

Studia Semitica Upsaliensia 28 (Uppsala 2012), Uppsala doctoral thesis. Surveys Sumerian and Old Akkadian name-giving from 2800 BC and analyses about 750 names in lugal and 90 in sarrum. The reference for which elements dominate Early Dynastic Sumerian names, the benchmark the archaic name test needs. URL is the DAI Zenon record.

## Cited by on this site 12 records

[Archaic names match ordinary entries less than attested Sumerian names do, but no more than shuffled names (superseded)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/evidence/EVD0DG2T40VTXKB/archaic-names-match-ordinary-entries-less-than-attested)

Evidence

EVD

[EN stands first in two-thirds of multi-sign names, like the Sumerian en-X name type, if the editors' order is the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/evidence/EVD0DFQSTJNCK5V/en-stands-first-in-two-thirds-of-multi-sign-names-like-the)

Evidence

EVD

[Early Dynastic Sumerian names carry the stock elements at odds ratios of 4.5–5.8; the archaic names at 1.35](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/evidence/EVD0DFVRB3DMZN0/early-dynastic-sumerian-names-carry-the-stock-elements-at)

Evidence

EVD

[Early Dynastic dependent workers carry Sumerian name elements as strongly as everyone else, so class does not explain…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/evidence/EVD0DG2CQD3YKAF/early-dynastic-dependent-workers-carry-sumerian-name)

Evidence

EVD

[Genuine Sumerian names carry these elements three to four times as often as the archaic names](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/evidence/EVD0DFVQADHXGK8/genuine-sumerian-names-carry-these-elements-three-to-four)

Evidence

EVD

[NI in archaic names pairs with body-part signs far above chance, as the possessive -ni does in Sumerian names](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/evidence/EVD0DG2W0JQ2HBS/ni-in-archaic-names-pairs-with-body-part-signs-far-above)

Evidence

EVD

[Tested, the names argument against Sumerian loses its force but yields no Sumerian signal either](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/evidence/EVD0DFQSV4P35DX/tested-the-names-argument-against-sumerian-loses-its-force)

Evidence

EVD

[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)

Evidence

EVD

[The archaic names fall far short of the Sumerian name profile that Early Dynastic names show](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/evidence/EVD0DFVQQAH0AHS/the-archaic-names-fall-far-short-of-the-sumerian-name)

Evidence

EVD

[The names' sign make-up does carry information: it rules out a Sumerian name pattern](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-cuneiform/evidence/EVD0DFVRBFA614X/the-names-sign-make-up-does-carry-information-it-rules-out-a)

Evidence

EVD

[Name-element enrichment against a corpus baseline](https://mysteriesdept.com/methods/MTH0DFQRJYNCY4T/name-element-enrichment-against-a-corpus-baseline)

Method

MTH

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

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

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Jakob Andersson (2012). Kingship in the Early Mesopotamian Onomasticon 2800–2200 BCE. https://zenon.dainst.org/Record/001347194
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