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Tuesday 16 June 2020

Linguistic Archaeology: Assyrian Names

Assyrian names
1. Aboona
2. Abraham
3. Abro
4. Agajan
5. Agassi
6. Aghase
7. Akkad
8. Akbalit
9. Akbalut
10. Alamasha
11. Alawerdy
12. Aldawid
13. Amo Baba
14. Amu
15. Antar
16. Aprim
17. Apshu
18. Afarcan
19. Arad
20. Ashai
21. Ashouri
22. Ashurian
23. Ashur
24. Awdishu
25. Awikam
26. Awishalim
27. Awitor
28. Awia
29. Awrohum
30. Aziz
31. Azzo
32. Baba
33. Bacchus
34. Badel
35. Barkham
36. Barkho
37. Brikha
38. Bronit
39. Balou
40. Barkoo
41. Benassi
42. Benyamin
43. Bidavid
44. Bidawid
45. Bishu
46. Cabani
47. Dadashu
48. Dadasho
49. Darmu
50. Dinkha
51. Daoud
52. Dayan
53. Daian
54. Disho
55. Duman
56. Elia
57. Elias
58. Enwia
59. Eshai
60. Farhad
61. Gorges
62. Georgis
63. Gewargis
64. Hadad
65. Adad
66. Hamsho
67. Hasso
68. Harshu
69. Hormis
70. Hosanna
71. Hurmis
72. Ilshu
73. Ilishu
74. Ishmael
75. Ishai
76. Isaac
77. Ishaq
78. Iskhaq
79. Iwassi
80. Jabri
81. Jelu
82. Jendo
83. Juna
84. Kambar
85. Karam
86. Karoukian
87. Kasri
88. Khamo
89. Khanbaba
90. Khanisho
91. Khnanisu
92. Khnaninia
93. Khedroo
94. Khoshanu
95. Khoshaba
96. Malech
97. Malek
98. Malka
99. Malkai
100. Malick
101. Mamendo
102. Matti
103. Merza
104. Mikhael
105. Mikhail
106. Mnashi
107. Nisan
108. Nimrod
109. Narsai
110. Ninweh
111. Nineveh
112. Nessar
113. Odah
114. Odisha
115. Odisho
116. Oraham
117. Oshana
118. Qateneh
119. Raaba
120. Rabi
121. Rafael
122. Ramsin
123. Rumsin
124. Rassam
125. Rifkha
126. Ronay
127. Samo
128. Sargis
129. Sargon
130. Sarkis
131. Sarmas
132. Sayad
133. Semma
134. Shabad
135. Shamash
136. Shamasha
137. Shamshi
138. Sinharib
139. Sharrukin
140. Shimun
141. Shamoon
142. Shimon
143. Shimonaya
144. Shinu
145. Shinai
146. Sleman
147. Shulman
148. Sliwoo
149. Sliwa
150. Tematheus
151. Thoma
152. Thomaya
153. Tamraz
154. Tiras
155. Tiyareh
156. Tyareh
157. Urshan
158. Warda
159. Warad
160. Yacoub
161. Yawalaha
162. Yalda
163. Yatrin
164. Yetron
165. Yelu
166. Yoel
167. Yohannan
168. Yonan
169. Yonadam
170. Yoseph
171. Yoshu
172. Youkhana
173. Younan
174. Yousif
175. Yukhannan
176. Zakharia
177. Zilkha
178. Zimri


Popularity of use
A           %        E        %            I       %         O        %         U         %
148      83%    35      19%     82     46%    54        30%   61         34%

B            %        C        %       D       %         F        %         G         %
28          15%    7        3%    32      17%    5        3%        8         4%

H            %        J        %       K       %         L        %         M         %
82          46%    5       3%     35    19%     31     17%     51         28%

N            %        P        %       Q       %         R        %         S         %
51        28%      3        1%     3        1%      61      34%   77         43%

T            %        V        %       W       %         X        %         Y         %
16         8%       2       1%      17     9%        0        0%     25        14%

Z       %
7       3%


Popularity of use
83% A:
46% H, I, A:
43% S, H, I, A: Ishai, Ashai,
34% U, R, S, H, I, A: Assur, Harshu, Ashur,
30% O, U, R, S, H, I, A: Osiris, Hasso, Ashouri,
28% M, N, O, U, R, S, H, I, A: Ninus, Urshan, Shinai, Shinu, Shimon,
         Shamoon, Shimun, Shamshi, Shamasha, Shamash, Sarmas,
         Samo, Rassam, Rumsin, Ramsin, Oshana, Oraham, Narsai,
         Nisan, Mnashi, Mikhail, Hurmis, Hosanna, Hormis, Hamsho,
         Ashurian, Amu,
19% E, K, M, N, O, U, R, S, H, I, A: Sharrukin, Semma, Sarkis,
         Nessar, Khoshanu, Khnaninia, Khnanisu, Khanisho, Khamo,
         Kasri, Karoukian, Karam, Eshai, Akkad,
17% D, L, E, K, M, N, O, U, R, S, H, I, A: Shulman, Sleman, Odisho,
         Nimrod, Mamendo, Mikhael, Malkai, Malka, Malek, Malech,
         Khedroo, Ishmael, Ilishu, Ilshu, Hadad, Adad, Elias, Elia,
          Duman, Disho, Daian, Daoud, Dinkha, Darmu, Dadasho,
          Dadashu, Arad, Abra,
15% B, D, L, E, K, M, N, O, U, R, S, H, I, A: Belus, Sinharib, Shabad,
         Rabi, Raaba, Odah, Khoshaba, Khanbaba, Kambar, Bishu,
         Benassi, Barkoo, Balou, Brikha, Barkho, Barkham, Badel,
         Baba, Amo Baba, Akbulit, Abro, Abraham, Aboona,
14% Y, B, D, L, E, K, M, N, O, U, R, S, H, I, A: Yukhannan, Younan,
         Youkhana, Yoshu, Yonadam, Yonan, Yohannan, Yoel, Yelu,
         Yalda, Shimonaya, Sayad, Ronay, Dayan, Benyamin,
9% W, Y, B, D, L, E, K, M, N, O, U, R, S, H, I, A: Yawalaha, Warad,
        Warda, Sliwa, Sliwoo, Ninweh, Bidawid, Awrohum, Awia,
        Awitor, Awishalim, Awikam, Awdishu, Aldawid, Alasif,
        Alamasha,
8% T, W, Y, B, D, L, E, K, M, N, O, U, R, S, H, I, A: Yetron, Yatrin,
       Tyareh, Tiyareh, Tiras, Thomaya, Thoma, Tematheus, Iwassi,
       Enwia, Bronit, Antar, Akbalut, Akbalit,
4% G, T, W, Y, B, D, L, E, K, M, N, O, U, R, S, H, I, A: Sargon, Sargis,
      Matti, Gewargis, Georgis, Gorges, Aghase, Agassi,
3% F, C, J, Z, G, T, W, Y, B, D, L, E, K, M, N, O, U, R, S, H, I, A: Zimri,
      Zilkha, Zakharia, Yousif, Yacoub, Tamraz, Rifkha, Rafael,
      Merza, Malick, Juna, Jendo, Jelu, Jabri, Isaac, Farhad, Cabani,
       Bacchus, Azzo, Aziz, Afarcan, Agajan,
2% Ushpia, 
1% Q, P, V, F, C, J, Z, G, T, W, Y, B, D, L, E, K, M, N, O, U, R, S, H, I, A:
      Yoseph, Quateneh, Nineveh, Iskhaq, Ishaq, Bidavid, Apshu,
      Aprim,
0% X

Conclusions
43% is marked by the appearance of Ishai and Ashai as the first of the Assyrians. Twins? One name is considered Egyptian, the other Hebrew. Both are boy names. The Founders of Pre-Akkadian Assyria are the Twin Brothers Ishai and Ashai.


2500 B.C. City of Assur. Lets call this an Akkadian (double letter linguistic marker) settlement. Its linguistic potential for appearance is the same as the Ashur name (34%). Pre-Akkadian Assyria is stamped out.

Note: there is a double letter name development period between 30%-4%.

Ss: 30% Hasso, 28% Rassam, 19% Nessar, 8% Iwassi.
Nn: 28% Hosanna, 14% Yukhannan,  Yohannan.
Oo: 28% Shamoon, 17% Khedroo, 9% Sliwoo,
Rr: 19% Sharrukin.
Mm: 19% Semma.
Kk: 19% Akkad.
Tt: 4% Matti.

Note: Akkad (19%). Is this double letter phonetic the marker for Akkadian names? Assur might therefor be an Akkadian settlement name.

Abraham's name appears in use by 15%. This puts the name Abraham between the use of Akkad as a name and Nineveh (705 B.C.). Its certainly pre-Roman Bacchus.
3% Bacchus the Roman name for Dionysus.
Ushpia (2050 B.C.) occurs in the 2% language use level just prior to Nineveh (705 B.C.). Nineveh comes into use as a name at the end of the Assyrian culture- employing the full alphabet in use by 1% of the populace.

The Assyrian Cultural cycle:
At 28% we see a massive surge in Assyrian (all Multicultural growth thanks to Akkadian) culture.
At 19% Assyria experiences a cultural dip in naming we see a drop by half in cultural development rate. The double letter name phonetic drops off in use after this 28%-19% cultural period.
At 17%-15% cultural growth returns and levels off (though not as significant as the original growth rate at 28%).
Then again dropping to the previous low during the much longer cultural depression of 14%-8%.
At 4% it drops away by even half that, before a huge cultural climb.
At 3% (the kind of growth not seen since 17%), this new cultural growth occurs around the time of contact with the Romans.
At 1% it again drops to levels reminiscent of 4% time period. They fail to absorb the Roman X as a naming convention and the Assyrian culture ceases with the full Assyrian Alphabet in use by 1% of the population.

What do we learn here?
Public education of the whole populace is vital to sustaining a cultural growth that must come from the whole, and not the 1%, and a multicultural majority influx (and cultural appropriation) is vital to maintaining strong cultural growth.

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