Assyro-Babylonian

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[uh-seer-oh-bab-uh-loh-nee-uhn] / əˈsɪər oʊˌbæb əˈloʊ ni ən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Assyria and Babylonia.

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noun

1. the language of Assyria and Babylonia; Akkadian.

Etymology

Origin of Assyro-Babylonian

First recorded in 1825–35; Assyr(ia) + -o- + Babylonian

Example Sentences

The only sources of information on the subject are the few references to dress in the Old Testament and the few Jewish figures found among the Egyptian, Assyro-Babylonian, and Persian carvings.

From Project Gutenberg

To all appearance they were a later power than the Amorites, as their name does not occur in the inscriptions of Babylonia and Assyria until a comparatively late date, whilst the Amorites are mentioned 2200 years before Christ, and their name had become the common Assyro-Babylonian expression for “the west.”

From Project Gutenberg

Tebet being the tenth month of the Assyro-Babylonian year, the time of his accession corresponds with the winter of 727 b.c., a period at which warlike operations were impossible.

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Qanni is probably one of the Assyro-Babylonian words for “sanctuary.”

From Project Gutenberg

In Assyro-Babylonian this would probably be read Bêlit-nêši, a name meaning “the lady of the lions.”

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