• Paul-Alain Beaulieu is a Canadian Assyriologist, a Professor of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto. Beaulieu earned a...
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    as that of a "figurehead" and "otiose deity" by Assyriologist Paul-Alain Beaulieu. Wilfred G. Lambert characterized his position as head of the pantheon...
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  • of Anu and Antu being equated with each other are attested too. Paul-Alain Beaulieu interprets this as an indication the cuneiform sign AN could be used...
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    people. The origin of both these words is unknown, and according to Paul-Alain Beaulieu neither of them has a plausible Sumerian, Akkadian or West Semitic etymology...
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    OCLC 20391775. Beaulieu, Paul-Alain (1998). "Ba'u-asītu and Kaššaya, Daughters of Nebuchadnezzar II". Orientalia. 67 (2): 173–201. JSTOR 43076387. Beaulieu, Paul-Alain...
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    in 546 BC out of fear of Cyrus. One possibility, suggested by Paul-Alain Beaulieu, is that Belshazzar was put in charge of Babylonia's defense and was...
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    "sensuality" in translations of epithets involving this term, while Paul-Alain Beaulieu - "voluptuousness." Such titles include belet kubzi, "lady of...
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  • deities presented in the Enūma Eliš was a descendant of Anshar. Paul-Alain Beaulieu suggests that the logogram AN.ŠÁR also designates Assur in texts from...
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    ISBN 978-9004115095. Beaulieu, Paul-Alain (1986). The Reign of Nabonidus, King of Babylon (556-539 B.C.). Yale University. ISBN 978-0-300-04314-3. Beaulieu, P.-A. (Oct...
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    with the name of the city as BAR.BAR, perhaps pronounced Babbar. Paul-Alain Beaulieu proposes that the original name could mean "shining" "glowing" or "white"...
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