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Translingual

Symbol

bbr

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Girawa.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Girawa terms

Egyptian

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim).

Pronunciation

Proper noun


  m./f. topo.

  1. Babylon (an ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates)
  2. Babylonia (an ancient empire and geographic region of Mesopotamia, existing from 1850 BCE to 539 BCE, based around the city of Babylon; at its maximum extent, covering parts of modern-day Iraq, Kuwait, Syria and Iran)
    • c. 1439 BCE, Annals of Thutmose III, year 40 inscription, list of tribute from Assur:[2][3]



      ḫsbd nfr n(j) bbr
      good lapis lazuli of Babylon

Alternative forms

References

  1. ^ Hoch, James E. (1994) Semitic Words in Egyptian Texts of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period, Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 95
  2. ^ Sethe, Kurt, Helck, Wolfgang (1906–1958) Urkunden des ägyptischen Altertums IV: Urkunden der 18. Dynastie, Leipzig/Berlin: J. C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung, page 668
  3. ^ Gardiner, Allen (1947) Ancient Egyptian Onomastica: Text, vol. 1, page 192
  4. ^ Perrot, Jean (2013) The Palace of Darius at Susa: The Great Royal Residence of Achaemenid Persia, pages 275, 277