Old Babylonian

Proper noun

Meaning

The historical period of the First Babylonian Dynasty.

The Akkadian language spoken at that time.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Figures at top of stele "fingernail" above Hammurabi's code of laws The Code of Hammurabi is the longest surviving text from the Old Babylonian period. Source: Internet

Astronomy main Tablets dating back to the Old Babylonian period document the application of mathematics to the variation in the length of daylight over a solar year. Source: Internet

One of these Amorite dynasties was established in the city-state of Babylon, which would ultimately take over the others and form the first Babylonian empire, during what is also called the Old Babylonian Period. Source: Internet

Houses are mostly known from Old Babylonian remains at Nippur and Ur. Source: Internet

For this reason, forms like lu-prus ('I will decide') are first encountered in Old Babylonian instead of the older la-prus (even though it was archaic compared to Akkadian). Source: Internet

In Babylonia, the regional dialect was used by the Jewish community, Jewish Old Babylonian (from c. 70 CE). Source: Internet

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