Middle Babylonian
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Middle Babylonian is a historical dialect of the Akkadian language used in Mesopotamia during the late second millennium BCE, notable from literary, administrative, and scholarly texts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Middle Babylonian canonical | 1 |
| Middle Babylonian period | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1734940 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Middle Babylonian Context triple: [Akkadian, hasDialect, Middle Babylonian]
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Neo-Babylonian Empire
The Neo-Babylonian Empire was a powerful Mesopotamian state of the 7th–6th centuries BCE, renowned for its conquest of Jerusalem, monumental architecture such as the Ishtar Gate, and the flourishing of Babylon as a major cultural and political center.
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Old Assyrian
Old Assyrian is an early dialect of the Akkadian language used in the ancient city-state of Assur and in Old Assyrian trade colonies during the early second millennium BCE.
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Akkad
Akkad was an ancient Mesopotamian city and region best known as the center of the Akkadian Empire, one of the world’s earliest great empires.
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Samarra period
The Samarra period was a mid-9th-century phase of the Abbasid Caliphate marked by the relocation of the capital to Samarra and characterized by heightened military influence, political instability, and cultural development.
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Akkadians
The Akkadians were an ancient Semitic-speaking people of Mesopotamia who established one of the world’s first empires under rulers like Sargon of Akkad.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Middle Babylonian Target entity description: Middle Babylonian is a historical dialect of the Akkadian language used in Mesopotamia during the late second millennium BCE, notable from literary, administrative, and scholarly texts.
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A.
Neo-Babylonian Empire
The Neo-Babylonian Empire was a powerful Mesopotamian state of the 7th–6th centuries BCE, renowned for its conquest of Jerusalem, monumental architecture such as the Ishtar Gate, and the flourishing of Babylon as a major cultural and political center.
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B.
Old Assyrian
Old Assyrian is an early dialect of the Akkadian language used in the ancient city-state of Assur and in Old Assyrian trade colonies during the early second millennium BCE.
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C.
Akkad
Akkad was an ancient Mesopotamian city and region best known as the center of the Akkadian Empire, one of the world’s earliest great empires.
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D.
Samarra period
The Samarra period was a mid-9th-century phase of the Abbasid Caliphate marked by the relocation of the capital to Samarra and characterized by heightened military influence, political instability, and cultural development.
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E.
Akkadians
The Akkadians were an ancient Semitic-speaking people of Mesopotamia who established one of the world’s first empires under rulers like Sargon of Akkad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Akkadian dialect
ⓘ
historical language variety ⓘ |
| ancestor | Old Babylonian ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture |
Babylonians
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonian civilization
|
| associatedWithEmpire |
Kassite period
ⓘ
surface form:
Kassite dynasty of Babylonia
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| attestedIn |
Middle Babylonian literary manuscripts
ⓘ
archives of Kassite Babylonia ⓘ cuneiform tablets from Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| descendant |
Neo-Babylonian Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Neo-Babylonian
Standard Babylonian ⓘ |
| extinctionDate | by the end of the first millennium BCE ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Neo-Babylonian Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Neo-Babylonian
|
| geopoliticalContext | Kassite rule in Babylonia ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | none ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Afro-Asiatic languages ⓘ |
| lexicalFeature | increased use of Sumerian loanwords in scholarly texts ⓘ |
| linguisticStageOf | Babylonian language continuum ⓘ |
| morphologicalFeature | simplification of verbal system compared to Old Babylonian ⓘ |
| partOf |
East Semitic
ⓘ
surface form:
East Semitic languages
Semitic languages ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature | reduction of case endings compared to Old Babylonian ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Old Babylonian Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Babylonian
|
| region |
Lower Mesopotamia
ⓘ
surface form:
southern Mesopotamia
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| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| standardizedIn |
Akkadian
ⓘ
surface form:
Standard Babylonian literary language
|
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf |
Akkadian
ⓘ
surface form:
Akkadian language
Babylonian ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late second millennium BCE ⓘ |
| timePeriodEnd | c. 1000 BCE ⓘ |
| timePeriodStart | c. 1500 BCE ⓘ |
| usedAs | literary standard in later periods ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Babylonian administration
ⓘ
Mesopotamian scholars ⓘ scribes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
administrative texts
ⓘ
legal documents ⓘ letters ⓘ lexical lists ⓘ literary texts ⓘ omen texts ⓘ religious texts ⓘ royal inscriptions ⓘ scholarly texts ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Assyria
ⓘ
Babylon ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonia
Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| writingMaterial | clay tablets ⓘ |
| writingSystem | cuneiform ⓘ |
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Subject: Middle Babylonian Description of subject: Middle Babylonian is a historical dialect of the Akkadian language used in Mesopotamia during the late second millennium BCE, notable from literary, administrative, and scholarly texts.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.