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 (7)

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 (24)

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 ⓘ
Necho I → historicalPeriod → Neo-Assyrian period in the Near East ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Assyrian
Bit-Adini → mentionedInSourceCulture → Neo-Assyrian ⓘ
East Semitic → notableLanguage → Neo-Assyrian ⓘ
North Palace → culture → Neo-Assyrian ⓘ
Naqiʾa → culture → Neo-Assyrian ⓘ
Central Palace → culture → Neo-Assyrian ⓘ
Kurk Monolith → culture → Neo-Assyrian ⓘ
Marble Slab Inscription → culture → Neo-Assyrian ⓘ