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 | | Recently, with the discovery of the Tikunani Prism, there has been growing support for the theory that the Habiru, who were for a time believed to be the ancient Hebrews, may have been Hurrian speakers. | | | Several other ancient peoples of the region, including the Kesedim, Subarians, Gutians, Kassites and Lullubi have all been described at one time or another as Hurrian peoples. |
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http://www.divxa.com/articles/Hurrians
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| | Tikunani Prism - definition of Tikunani Prism in Encyclopedia |
| | The prism also brought into question the suggestion that the Habiru might never have been an ethnic group. | | | Mirjo Salvini, The Habiru prism of King Tunip-Teššup of Tikunani. | | | It turns out that the majority of Tunip-Tessup's 438 Habiru servants had Hurrian names that could not be explained by reference to any Canaanite language (the family to which Hebrew belongs) or even Semitic. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Tikunani_Prism
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| | Though important in some Christian theologies, the distinction is not recognized by the Jews themselves who still call themselves Hebrews in Hebraic. | | | Interestingly Habiru names listed on the Tikunani Prism are also Hurrian. | | | The Habiru prism of King Tunip-Teßßup of Tikunani. |
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http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/h/he/hebrews.html
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| | On the bottom is a colophon, which describes the prisms contents: a list of 438 workers who served king Tunip-Teup of the kingdom of Tikunani probably located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. | | | The name of the month used to date the baked clay document is Babylonian. | | | The Italian cuneiform specialist, Professor Mirjo Salvini, translated the cuneiform text of an 8 ½ inch tall square prism of unknown provenance but judged to be authentic. |
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http://www.specialtyinterests.net/eop.html
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