The Melammu Project

The Heritage of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East

Akkadian and Iranian terminology (2)

Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) 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 Royal audience 08 Administrative systems 08.02 Court ceremony 08.02.01 Royal audience	Keywords naming Persian language
Period Achaemenid Empire	Channel Iranian culture

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The Old Persian ap(p)adān(a) - “audience hall” is explained by the Assyrian building bīt appāti “house with a window”.

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Andrea Piras

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