eponym
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Thus is ushered in, in the Eponym Canon, one of the most important reigns in Assyrian history.
From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge
The Eponym lists are merely lists of the officials who dated each year in rotation, and they seem to have been compiled for practical calendar purposes.
From Assyrian Historiography by Olmstead, A. T. (Albert Ten Eyck)
Bêlshunu's identity The Bêlshunu here named is probably the Eponym of b.c.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)
Eponym, ep′o-nim, n. a mythical personage created to account for the name of a tribe or people: a special title.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
In Assyrian history the Eponym Canon certainly goes back to about b.c.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)
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