User Guide

Name Types

• Person - Personal names (anthroponyms)
• Place - Geographical names (toponyms)
• Deity - Divine names (theonyms)

Correspondence & Variants

The attested spellings are sorted into normalized name forms; when two or more normalized forms are considered to represent variants of one and the same name, one of them is taken as the "primary" form, under which all other "variant forms" are booked. "Correspondences" refer to (more or less secure and stable) relationships between names – in particular divine names – across languages and cultures. E.g., for ALLATUM the following correspondences are listed: Allani, EREŠ.KI.GAL, and UTU URU^Arinna.

Caveat: this approach is not yet fully implemented for all names and name categories!

Tip: Searching for a correspondence or variant will also find the main name entry.

Attestations

Every occurrence of a name in cuneiform texts is recorded with:

• Fragment: The tablet reference (e.g., KUB 1.1)
• Line: Where in the text it appears
• Spelling: The attested spelling (transliteration or broad transcription; unequally implemented at present)
• TLH^dig: Link to view the text online at the Thesaurus Linguarum Hethaeorum digitalis

The recorded names and attestations include:

For divine names:

Attestations — Cuneiform tablets: KBo 42–71(1–8), ABoT 2, CHDS 2–6, DAAM 1–3, DBH 43 (Bo 8264–8485), DBH 46 (Bo 4658–Bo 5000), DBH 54 (Bo 8916–Bo 9030), UBT (Bo 8486–8694), Bo 3891 (R. Akdoğan, Kubaba 13/25, 2016); DNs from Emar: G.M. Beckman, The Pantheon of Emar, in Fs Popko, 2002.

Names: All DNs treated in van Gessel's OHP as well as in the update.

For personal names:

Attestations — Cuneiform tablets: KBo 27–71(1–8), KUB 51–60; ABoT 2 (=CHDS 1); CHDS 2–6; DAAM 1–3; IBoT 4; HKM; KuSa I/1 and other fragments from Kuşaklı/Šarišsa; FHL; HTAC (= HFAC); VSNF 12; StBoTB 4; DBH 43 (Bo 8264–Bo 8485); DBH 46 (Bo 4658–Bo 5000); DBH 54 (Bo 8916–Bo 9030); UBT (Bo 8486–Bo 8694). Seals: BoHa 19 & 22; StBoTB 4; BoBe 8.

Names: PNs attested in Laroche, Noms & Supplement (NH) as well as in the above listed texts. Treatment of variant forms and correspondences in progress.

For geographical names:

The recorded attestations and their groupings presently correspond to the HiTop collection at HPM.

Co-occurring Names

This section shows other names that appear on the same tablets. This is useful for:

• Finding related individuals (family members, colleagues)
• Discovering social networks and relationships
• Understanding the context of a name

Click the header to expand the list. Names are sorted by how often they co-occur with the current name.

What are fragmentary attestations?

When a name on a tablet is partially damaged or broken, it may match multiple possible names. For example, a spelling like (°m°)pí-ḫa-x-[ could belong to any name beginning with "Piha-" (such as Piḫaziti, Piḫawalwi, etc.).

How are they handled?

Fragmentary attestations that cannot be assigned to a specific name are linked to a placeholder entry called "Unknown". This means:

• The attestation is preserved in the database
• It appears when you search for the fragment where it occurs
• It does not appear in name searches (e.g., searching "Piha" won't show fragmentary instances that might begin with Piha-)