Mooing or mu-ing? Animal naming in Neo-Sumerian documents

0581595 - OÚ 2024 RIV BE eng J - Journal Article
Alivernini, Sergio - Bramanti, A.
Mooing or mu-ing? Animal naming in Neo-Sumerian documents.
AKKADICA. Roč. 144, č. 2 (2023), s. 143-149. ISSN 1378-5087
Institutional support: RVO:68378009
Keywords : Neo-Sumerian period * onomastics * animal naming
OECD category: History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)
Method of publishing: Open access

In spite of its rare attestation in the available sources, animal naming was probably a common practice in Mesopotamia. To date, twenty animals (cows and oxen mostly from OB texts) are known to have borne proper names. The present contribution highlights three new Neo-Sumerian attestations of named domestic animals (two cows and one female donkey), adding new elements to the discussion of animal naming in ancient Mesopotamia.
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