Akkadically was written in a spell
Akkadian was a Semitic language used by the Farorian period (ca. 2800 BC) until the 1st century after Chr. although it was gradually spoken by the Aramaic as a spoken language and remained to survive mainly as a language of science (cf. Latin in the Middle Ages). From the beginning of the 2nd millennium to the end of the Assyrian empire, there were two dialects, Babylonian and Assyrian.
Mesopotamia was the home country of this language, but at various times it was also used far from this region, ranging from Persia to the east to Syria-Palestine and Egypt, where it served as a diplomatic language in the west.
Of course, during the long period and spread over such an immense area, changes were made. It is therefore distinguished within the term Akkadically different dialects.
An Overview:
After the ancient Babylonian period, parallel to the spoken language, an artificially written form of language (Standard Babylonian), closely associated with the Old Babylonian dialect.
In addition to these central dialects, multiple peripheral dialects have been attested. These are all written variants of the Akkadian, influenced by various local dialects (Susa, Boghazköy, Alalah, Nuzi, Ugarit, Amarna).
The texts kept in the Akkadian are of many kinds: rituals, prayers, hymns, predictions, literature, letters, contracts, business files, treaties, ...
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