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Mā'abāja

a Pleiades name resource

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tags: ANE, Assyrian

Ethnic name used to designate a person from Moab in Neo-Assyrian sources, including royal inscriptions of the eighth-century-BC king Tiglath-pileser III and the seventh-century-BC ruler Sennacherib.

Romanized Name(s):
Mā'abāja, Mā'abāya

Name as attested:

Language:
Akkadian

Name type:
ethnic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

Early 1st Millennium BC Mesopotamia (1000-720 BC) (confident)
Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC) (confident)

References:

Citation:

Bagg, RGTC 7/1 161-162

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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