Appendix 17: Personal names

Marco De Pietri, Stefania Ermidoro – March 2022

Appendix 17: Personal names
- Appendix 17.1: Specific deities
- Appendix 17.2: The personal god and divinity in general

Appendix 17: Personal names

Sources:
Akkadian text (column 1): Stamm 1939 Namengebung = Stamm, Johann Jakob 1939, Die akkadische Namengebung, Mitteilungen der Vorderasiatisch-aegyptischen Gesellschaft 44, Leipzig: Hinrichs.

Appendix 17.1: Specific deities

Specific deities
Topic	Akkadian text	English translation gB
Qualifications of the deity	(p. 81) ^dEnlil-nūr-šamē-erṣetim	Enlil is the light of heaven and earth.
	(p. 228) ^dEnlil-bēl-nišīšu	Enlil is the lord of his people.
	(pp. 115, 250) ^dEnlil-abi-enši	Enlil is the father of the weakling.
	(pp. 115, 250) ^dSin-īnā-māti	Sin is the eye of the country.
	(p. 227) ^dSin-rāߴim-Ūrim	Sin is Ur's bull.
	(p. 368) Ištar-puṭri	Ishtar is my refuge.
	(p. 209) ^fIštar-ummaša	Ishtar is my mother.
	(p. x) ^fIštar-?	Ishtar is queen.
	(p. 211) ^f(?)Ištar-ekalli	Ishtar is my palace.
	(p. 215) †^dMarduk-šarrani	Marduk is our king.
	(p. 144) ^dMarduk-īrissu	Marduk is wise.
	(p. 221) †^dMarduk-dayān	Marduk is good.
Benefits received	(p. 187) ^dŠamaš-mītam-uballiṭ	Shamash cured the dying man.
	(p. 139) ^dSin-ḫḫī-iddinam	Sin gave me a brother.
	(p. 200) ^dEšeߴi-Ištar-abluṭ	I looked for Ishtar and I have been cured.
Statements of familiarity	(p. 209) ^dAnum-kī-abiya	Anu is like my father.
	(p. 149) ^dŠamaš-aḫa-rēmanni	O Shamash, you are a dear brother!
	(p. 262) Warad-Ištar	Ishtar's servant.
Theologumena	(p. 219) ^dAnum-muballiṭ	Anu keeps alive.
	(p. 222) Eama-ilum	Ea is truly God.
	(p. 230) Ina-pî-^dMarduk-dīnu	In Marduk's mouth is justice.
	(p. 232) Ša-^dMarduk-ul-i-ni/nu	Marduk's word never changes.
	(p. 233) †Anum-pî-^dMarduk	Marduk's word is Anu.
	(p. 231) Ina-pan-^dNabû-ṭēm	My destiny is in Nabu.
Invocations	(p. 178) †^dAnum-qīšanni	O Anu, compensate me!
	(p. 164) ^dEa-ḫīṭi-ul-īde	O Ea, I don't know my fault!
	(p. 83) ^dŠamaš-Larsa-ē-tamši	O Shamash, don't forget about Larsa!
	(p. 102) ^dNabû-ana-kāša-atkal	O Nabu, I trust you!
	(p. 19) ^dNabû-šēzibanni	O Nabu, remember me!
	(p. 179) ^dNabû-n;ēr-ābibi	O Nabu, kill my opponent!
	(p. 204) †Uṣur-awāt-^dŠamaš	Observe Shamash's word!

Appendix 17.2: The personal god and divinity in general

The personal god and divinity in general
Topic	Akkadian text	English translation gB
Questions	(p. 162) Ad(i)-mat(i)-ili	How much longer, O god?
	(p. 162) Ammēni-ilu	How is that possible, O god?
	(p. 162) Minsu-ilu	Why, oh god?
	(p. 164) Mīna-aḫṭi-ana-ili	How is it that I have sinned against god?
Benefits received	(p. 300) Mēra-ilum	God made a son.
Benefits received	(p. 122) ^fTukīn-ḫaṭṭi-migriša	(The goddess) has consolidated the scepter of her beloved.
Statements of familiarity	(p. 26) Ilšu-ibnīšu	His god called him.
	(p. 183) Āmur-illūssu	I saw his divinity.
	(p. 299) Ilšu-ellassu	His god is his family.
Theologumena	(p. 129) Ilumma	There is god.
	(p. 231) Gabbu-ina-qātē-ili	Everything is in god's hands.
	(p. 241) Ilum-napišta-irām	God loves life.
	(p. 197) Ibbaššâ-ša-ili	It's because of god that it happens like this.
	(p. 95) Izzaz-kittum	The truth will triumph.
Invocations	(p. 75) Apli-id(i)-enši-iltum	Take the side of the weak, O goddess!
	(p. 163) Maṣi-ili	That's enough, oh god!
	(p. 166) Ilum-limlik	May god give me advice!
	(p. 163) Ātanaḫ-ili/u	Have regard for me, O god!
	(p. 170) Ēda-eṭir(AŠ.SUR)	Help the abandoned!