Middle Assyrian

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Middle Assyrian is a historical dialect of the Akkadian language used in Assyria during the late second millennium BCE, notable from administrative, legal, and literary cuneiform texts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Akkadian dialect ⓘ
historical language variety ⓘ
ancestor Old Assyrian ⓘ
approximateEndDate c. 1000 BCE ⓘ
approximateStartDate c. 1400 BCE ⓘ
associatedWithState Middle Assyrian Empire ⓘ
attestedIn administrative texts ⓘ
economic documents ⓘ
legal texts ⓘ
literary texts ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
descendant Neo‑Assyrian ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Assyrian
differsFrom Middle Babylonian in orthography and some phonology ⓘ
evidenceFrom archives at Assur ⓘ
archives at Nineveh ⓘ
archives at Tell Fekheriye ⓘ
extinctBy first millennium BCE ⓘ
extinctionStatus extinct ⓘ
hasFeature case system ⓘ
grammatical gender ⓘ
verb conjugation with prefixes and suffixes ⓘ
influenced Neo‑Assyrian orthography ⓘ
languageCodeStatus not used as modern ISO 639 code ⓘ
languageFamily Semitic languages ⓘ
legalCorpus Middle Assyrian Laws ⓘ
partOf Assyrian language ⓘ
phonologicalDevelopmentFrom Old Assyrian ⓘ
primaryWordOrder SOV ⓘ
reconstructedBy Assyriologists ⓘ
region Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
northern Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: Upper Mesopotamia
scriptType logo‑syllabic script ⓘ
sharesFeatureWith Babylonian dialects of Akkadian ⓘ
linked to: Akkadian
standardizedIn royal chancery of Assyria ⓘ
studiedInField Assyriology ⓘ
Semitic linguistics ⓘ
subdivisionOf Akkadian language ⓘ
linked to: Akkadian
subfamily East Semitic languages ⓘ
linked to: East Semitic
usedBy Assyrian scribes ⓘ
usedFor diplomatic correspondence ⓘ
imperial administration ⓘ
law codes ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
scribal training ⓘ
usedIn Assyria ⓘ
usedInPeriod late second millennium BCE ⓘ
writingMaterial clay tablets ⓘ
writingSystem cuneiform ⓘ

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

Akkadian → hasDialect → Middle Assyrian ⓘ
Assyria → historicalPhase → Middle Assyrian period ⓘ
linked to: Middle Assyrian
Ashur → associatedWith → Middle Assyrian period ⓘ
linked to: Middle Assyrian
Late Bronze Age → overlapsWith → Middle Assyrian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Middle Assyrian
Old Assyrian → chronologicallyPrecedes → Middle Assyrian ⓘ
Neo-Assyrian → developedFrom → Middle Assyrian ⓘ
East Semitic → notableLanguage → Middle Assyrian ⓘ
Middle Assyrian Empire → archaeologicalCulture → Middle Assyrian period ⓘ
linked to: Middle Assyrian