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Akkadian in the Bactrian documents (1)

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Mesopotamian loanwords in Iranian
11 Language, communication, libraries and education
11.01 Imperial languages
11.01.05 Shared linguistic items and features
11.01.05.05 Mesopotamian loanwords
11.01.05.05.04 Mesopotamian loanwords in Iranian
Military service (ilku)
08 Administrative systems
08.04 Taxation
08.04.05 Military service (ilku)
Month names (Nisan, Iyyar … )
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
05.07 Chronology and hemerology
05.07.04 Month names (Nisan, Iyyar … )
Weights (2)
08 Administrative systems
08.05 Administrative standards
08.05.01 Weights (2)

Keywords
Bactria
naming

Period
Sasanid Empire

Channel
Iranian culture

Text
The Bactrian documents from Northern Afghanistan, written on leather, use some terms of Babylonian origin: Bactrian uargo “rent for land, hire of a workman” from Akk. ilku “land tax”; Bactrian gôro which is a measure for grain translated “bushel” from Sumerian and Akkadian GUR = kurru; Bactrian šabato which is name of the month, loanword from Akk. šabāṭu; Bactrian sioano which is name of the month, is a loanword from Akk. siwānu.

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Bactrian documents

Andrea Piras

URL for this entry: http://www.aakkl.helsinki.fi/melammu/database/gen_html/a0000715.php

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