It's Akkadian, written in phonetic signs for Akkadian sounds and logograms that represent words, but not sounds. e.g. ‘of soldiers who stood in for their fathers’ in Akk. ša rēdî ša ana abīšu itbû; here rēdî, soldiers, is written UKU.UŠ.MEŠ, while the verb itbû is represented phonetically as it-bu-ú
February 13, 2026 at 12:48 AM
It's Akkadian, written in phonetic signs for Akkadian sounds and logograms that represent words, but not sounds. e.g. ‘of soldiers who stood in for their fathers’ in Akk. ša rēdî ša ana abīšu itbû; here rēdî, soldiers, is written UKU.UŠ.MEŠ, while the verb itbû is represented phonetically as it-bu-ú
Arish, rb srsrm, chief of brokers (cf סרסור mediator, middleman) inherited his title from his paternal great-great-great-grandfather, and mentions his maternal great-great-grandfather’s title, rb ḥzʿnm, chief of inspectors/prefects, an office similarly attested in Akkadian sources as ḫazannu ’mayor’
February 11, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Arish, rb srsrm, chief of brokers (cf סרסור mediator, middleman) inherited his title from his paternal great-great-great-grandfather, and mentions his maternal great-great-grandfather’s title, rb ḥzʿnm, chief of inspectors/prefects, an office similarly attested in Akkadian sources as ḫazannu ’mayor’