bbr

Egyptian

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (/bābili/).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /bɛbɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: beber

Proper noun

m./f. topo.

Babylon, Babylonia
- c. 1439 BCE, Annals of Thutmose III, year 40 inscription, list of tribute from Assur:[1][2]
  
  ḫsbd nfr n(j) bbr
  good lapis lazuli of Babylon

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of bbr

G29 [bA]

G29 [bA]

E23 [rw]

N25 [xAst]

bꜣbꜣrw

References

Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 82

Sethe, Kurt; Helck, Wolfgang (1906–1958) Urkunden des ägyptischen Altertums IV: Urkunden der 18. Dynastie, Leipzig/Berlin: J. C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung, page 668
Gardiner, Allen (1947) Ancient Egyptian Onomastica: Text, vol. 1, page 192
Perrot, Jean (2013) The Palace of Darius at Susa: The Great Royal Residence of Achaemenid Persia, pages 275, 277

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