Re: Meanings of Assyrian monarch's names


Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> ranjit_mathews@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > Where can one find the meanings of morphemes in Assyrian monarch's
> > names, such as pal, uballit, pilaser, etc? I'm trying to respond to
> > some Hindu amateurs' theories but I don't know enough.
>
> There is no "pal."

What about Asurbanipal and Asurnasirpal?

> Uballit. is 'causes to live'. there is no "pilaser"
> (or "pileser," as in the Bible). Such Bible names are an early
English
> interpretation of a Greek interpretation of a Hebrew interpretation
of
> an Akkadian name. "Tiglath-pileser" is Tukulti-aplu-us.ur or
something
> like that, and there are plenty of references on Assyrian names where
> you could look them up.
>
> > What conceivable relationship can there be between Assyrian Ishuaku
> > (governor) and Ishvaku (the legendary Ram's legendary ancestor)?
> > Coincidence? Borrowing?
>
> None.
> --
> Peter T. Daniels grammatim@xxxxxxx

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