Neo-Assyrian

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Neo-Assyrian is a later dialect of the Akkadian language used in the Neo-Assyrian Empire for administration, literature, and inscriptions.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Neo-Assyrian period 5
Neo-Assyrian canonical 4
Neo-Assyrian Empire 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Akkadian dialect
Semitic language variety
historical language variety
approximateEndDate 7th century BCE
approximateStartDate 10th century BCE
associatedWithState Assyrian Empire
linked to: Assyria

Neo-Assyrian Empire
closelyRelatedTo Neo-Babylonian
developedFrom Middle Assyrian
Old Assyrian
grammaticalFeature case-marking on nouns
root-and-pattern morphology
verbal prefixes and suffixes
ISOStatus historical language (no modern ISO code as separate dialect)
languageBranch Semitic
languageFamily Afro-Asiatic
languageSubbranch East Semitic
linguisticStageOf Assyrian dialect of Akkadian
notableCorpusLocation Assur
linked to: Ashur

Dur-Sharrukin
Kalhu
Nineveh
periodOfUse early 1st millennium BCE
primaryRegion Assyria
northern Mesopotamia
replacedBy Aramaic as administrative language in Assyria
scriptType logo-syllabic script
standardizedUnder Neo-Assyrian royal administration
studiedInField Assyriology
Semitic linguistics
subdivisionOf Akkadian language
linked to: Akkadian

East Semitic languages
linked to: East Semitic
usedBy Assyrian kings
linked to: King of Assyria

Assyrian scribes
usedFor administration
economic texts
legal documents
literature
royal inscriptions
usedIn Neo-Assyrian Empire
usedInGenre letters
omen texts
royal annals
royal decrees
scholarly texts
writingMaterial clay tablets
prisms
stone monuments
writingSystem cuneiform

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

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

Akkadian hasDialect Neo-Assyrian
Nineveh flourishedInPeriod Neo-Assyrian period
linked to: Neo-Assyrian
King of Judah historicalPeriod Neo-Assyrian period
linked to: Neo-Assyrian
Sargon II culture Neo-Assyrian
King of the Universe usedBy Neo-Assyrian kings
linked to: Neo-Assyrian
Shalmaneser V era Neo-Assyrian period
linked to: Neo-Assyrian
Annals of Sargon II historicalPeriod Neo-Assyrian period
subject linked to: annals of Sargon II
linked to: Neo-Assyrian
Saite political renaissance hasForeignRelationsWith Neo-Assyrian Empire
linked to: Neo-Assyrian
Assyrian Galleries timePeriodCovered Neo-Assyrian period
linked to: Neo-Assyrian
Assyrian lion hunt reliefs culture Neo-Assyrian Empire
linked to: Neo-Assyrian
Imperial Aramaic usedIn Neo-Assyrian Empire
linked to: Neo-Assyrian
Middle Assyrian descendant Neo‑Assyrian
linked to: Neo-Assyrian
Chaldea timePeriod late Assyrian period
linked to: Neo-Assyrian
Lachish reliefs culture Neo-Assyrian