The dogs of Nineveh sculptures (645 BCE) bear some of the earliest known dog names:
ē tamtallik epuš pāka - Don't think, bite
munaššiku gārîšu - Biter of his foe
kāšid ajjābī - Catcher of the enemy
dan rigiššu - Loud is his bark
mušēṣu lemnūti - Expeller of evil
@PavelASamsonov gonna start calling my dog mušēṣu lemnūti whenever she’s stinky.
@sakhavi @PavelASamsonov Was thinking exactly that after a particularly windy night from my little Shartweiler.