Thursday, May 8, 2014

Online Resources for Ancient Names

Online Resources for Ancient Names,
by Darrell Pursiful

A very useful collection of links to online resources, including:

GENERAL

  • Name, Namengebung by D. O. Edzard et al (German; from the Google Book version of Reallexikon der Assyriologie, vol. 9)

AMORITE

ANATOLIAN (Hittite, Luwian, Palaic, etc.)

ARAMAIC (including Syriac)

AKKADIAN (Assyrian and Babylonian)

CANAANITE (including Ammonite, Punic, Ugaritic, etc.)

CELTIC (Early British, Celtiberian, Gaulish, etc.)

EGYPTIAN (including Coptic)

ELAMITE

ETRUSCAN

GREEK

HEBREW


HURRIAN

LATIN (and related languages: Faliscan, Oscan, Umbrian, etc.)

PERSIAN (including Avestan, Sogdian, etc.)

SUMERIAN

THRACIAN

  • The Language of the Thracians by Ivan Duridanov (Provides examples of Thracian toponyms, personal names, tribal names, and names of deities. Caveat: The writer does not provide dates or provenance for the names he lists)

VASCONIC (Aquitanian, Iberian, Proto-Basque)

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