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
Middle Babylonian period 4
Middle Babylonian canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Akkadian dialect ⓘ
historical language variety ⓘ
ancestor Old Babylonian ⓘ
associatedWithCulture Babylonian civilization ⓘ
linked to: Babylonians
associatedWithEmpire Kassite dynasty of Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Kassite period
attestedIn Middle Babylonian literary manuscripts ⓘ
archives of Kassite Babylonia ⓘ
cuneiform tablets from Mesopotamia ⓘ
descendant Neo-Babylonian ⓘ
Standard Babylonian ⓘ
extinctionDate by the end of the first millennium BCE ⓘ
followedBy 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 languages ⓘ
linked to: East Semitic

Semitic languages ⓘ
phonologicalFeature reduction of case endings compared to Old Babylonian ⓘ
precededBy Old Babylonian ⓘ
region southern Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: Lower Mesopotamia
scriptDirection left-to-right ⓘ
standardizedIn Standard Babylonian literary language ⓘ
linked to: Akkadian
status extinct ⓘ
subdivisionOf Akkadian language ⓘ
linked to: Akkadian

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 ⓘ
Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon

Mesopotamia ⓘ
writingMaterial clay tablets ⓘ
writingSystem cuneiform ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Akkadian → hasDialect → Middle Babylonian ⓘ
Babylonians → timePeriod → Middle Babylonian period ⓘ
linked to: Middle Babylonian
bēl mīšari → timePeriod → Middle Babylonian period ⓘ
subject linked to: bēl mīšari (lord of justice)
linked to: Middle Babylonian
Akkadian literature → floruitPeriod → Middle Babylonian period ⓘ
linked to: Middle Babylonian
Kassites → timePeriod → Middle Babylonian period ⓘ
linked to: Middle Babylonian