Editing Resheph (section)

===Spellings===
[[Cuneiform]] texts from [[Ebla]] render Resheph's name as ''Ra-sa-ap'' ({{cuneiform|𒊏𒊓𒀊}}).{{sfn|Streck|2008|p=252}} No further variants are attested in text from this city, and in most cases the name is preceded by the “divine [[determinative]]”, ''[[dingir]]'' ({{cuneiform|𒀭𒊏𒊓𒀊}}).{{sfn|Münnich|2013|p=42}} The same spelling is also attested in sources from [[Mesopotamia]] and from [[Emar]], though texts from this city also use variants such as ''Ra-ša-ap'', ''Ra-šap'' and ''Ra-šap-pa''.{{sfn|Streck|2008|p=252}} 

In [[Ugarit]], Resheph's name was written as ''ršp'' ({{cuneiform|𐎗𐎌𐎔}}) in the [[Ugaritic alphabet|alphabetic script]],{{sfn|Streck|2008|p=252}}  and it is variously vocalized by Ugartiologists as Rašp,{{sfn|Krebernik|2013|p=198}} Rašap{{sfn|Pardee|2002|p=21}} or Resheph.{{sfn|Smith|2014|p=38}} The writings ''Ra-ši-ip'' and ''Re-ša-ip'' appear in texts in standard syllabic cuneiform.{{sfn|Streck|2008|p=252}} Logographic ones are also attested, many of them derived from the various forms of the [[theonym]] [[Nergal]]: <sup>d</sup>GÌR.UNU.GAL(.LA), <sup>d</sup>MAŠ.MAŠ and <sup>d</sup>KAL (=<sup>d</sup>[[Lamassu|LAMMA]]), though it is sometimes questioned if Resheph was necessarily meant in every case when they were used.{{sfn|Münnich|2013|p=146}} The use of logograms originally linked to Nergal to represent Resheph is also well attested in texts from [[Mumbaqat|Ekalte]], with identified examples including <sup>d</sup>GÌR, <sup>d</sup>IGI and <sup>d</sup>MAŠ.TAB.BA.{{sfn|Torrecilla|2017|p=11}}

The [[Hurrian language|Hurrian]] form of the name had a [[Prothesis (linguistics)|prothetic vowel]] affixed to it, resulting in spellings Aršappa and Iršappa,{{sfn|Archi|2013|p=14}} sometimes shortened to Iršap or Irša.{{sfn|Streck|2008|p=252}} The Hurrian variant is also attested in Ugarit as ''eršp''.{{sfn|Archi|2013|p=14}} It has also been proposed that the variant name ''<sup>d</sup>Ra-sa-pa-an'' developed through Hurrian influence too, but this view is not universally accepted.{{sfn|Münnich|2013|p=73}}

Two forms of the name are attested in texts from [[ancient Egypt]], ''ršp'' and ''ršpw'', which might indicate a change in pronunciation occurred at some point, with the former writing reflecting Rashap, Rashp or Reshp and the latter - Rashpu or Reshpu, with a final u making the name easier to pronounce for speakers of [[Egyptian language|Egyptian]].{{sfn|Münnich|2013|p=109}}