Keywords Used the Sūḫu Corpus

The catalogue of the Sūḫu Corpus uses a standardized set of keywords to describe the designation, popular name, object type, material support, and provenance of each inscription. They are listed here to help you search Sūḫu effectively.

Note: Catalogue searches are not case sensitive.

Designation (designation:)

This is the RIBo assigned designation of the composite text. At present, one can search the corpus using the following criteria:

šamaš-reša-uṣur [with or without a text number designation (from 1 to 4 and 1001)]
ninurta-kudurri-uṣur [with or without a text number designation (from 01 to 14 and from 1001 to 1002)]
unidentified_suhu [with or without a text number designation (from 1001 to 1012)]

Sample search: designation:šamaš-reša-uṣur_3.

Genre (genre:)

The only genre search option for this project is "royal_inscription"; note that the search displays all of the texts in the corpus.

Popular Name (popular:)

Few terms are included in the "Popular" modern designation of the compositions. In all instances on this sub-project, these are the Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia (Babylonian Periods) designation (format: RIMB 2 S.0.N.N). For the search to work, you must enter the full RIMB 2 designation. For example, to display Ninurta-kudurri-uṣur 01 you must search for popular:rimb_2_S.0.1002.1 or popular:S.0.1002.1 (without the leading rimb_2_).

Collection (collection:)

Official inscriptions of the rulers of Sūḫu are housed in the following collections:

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
Iraq Museum, Baghdad, Iraq
Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Sample collection searchs: "collection:british_museum", "collection:germany", "collection:philadelphia". Any word(s) in the above list will return search results.

Museum, Registration, and Excavation Numbers (museum: and excavation:)

The following exemplar options will yield search results:

A_ + 5 digits; e.g., museum:a_23364
BE_ + 5 digits; e.g., excavation:be_03381
IM_ + 6 digits (+ letter); e.g., museum:im_124199
Ist_EŞEM_ + 5 digits; e.g., museum:ist_eşem_07815
PT4_ + 3 digits; e.g., excavation:pt4_942
VAG_ + 4 digits; e.g., museum:va_1013

Note: If you do not know the exact number, you can simply search by the museum, registration, or excavation number prefix; e.g., museum:vag or excavation:be.

Ruler (ruler:)

One can search the corpus by using one of the following ruler options:

Šamaš-reša-uṣur
Ninurta-kudurri-uṣur
Uncertain

Language (language:)

The only language search option for this project is "akkadian"; note that the search displays all of the texts in the corpus.

Period (period:)

The only period search option for this project is "Neo-Babylonian"; note that the search displays of the all texts in the corpus.

Object Type (object_type:)

One can search the corpus by using one of the following seven object options:

brick
cylinder
jar
slab
stele
tablet
uncertain

Material Support (material:)

The only valid support search options are "clay" and "stone."

Provenance (provenience:)

Currently, there are nine provenance search options. These are:

'ana
babylon
dawali
glei'eh
judeideh
persepolis
sur_jur'eh or jur'eh
tell_razzuq or razzuq
zawiyeh

Glossary Abbreviations

Parts of Speech

The following abbreviations for parts of speech are used in the glossaries:

Abbreviation	Explanation
AJ	Adjective (including stative forms)
AV	Adverb
CNJ	Conjunction
DET	Determinative pronoun
DP	Demonstrative pronoun
IP	Independent/anaphoric prounoun
J	Interjection
MA	Modal adverb
MOD	Modal, negative, or conditional
N	Noun (including Akkadian stative forms)
NU	Number
O	Other
PP	Possessive pronoun
PRP	Preposition
QP	Interrogative pronoun
REL	Relative pronoun
RP	Reflexive/reciprocal pronoun
SBJ	Subordinating conjunction
V	Verb
XP	Indefinite pronoun

Types of Proper Noun

The following abbreviations for proper nouns are used in the glossaries:

AN	Agricultural (locus) name
CN	Celestial name
DN	Divine name
EN	Ethnos name
FN	Field name
GN	Geographical name
MN	Month name
ON	Object name
PN	Personal name
RN	Royal name
SN	Settlement name
TN	Temple name
WN	Watercourse name
YN	Year name

Jamie Novotny

Jamie Novotny, 'Keywords Used the Sūḫu Corpus', Suhu: The Inscriptions of Suhu online Project, The Suhu Inscriptions Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2016 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/suhu/usingthesuhucorpus/keywords/]