Babylon

𓃀 𓃀 𓂋 𓏤 𓈉 Babylon Babarion Barbar/Baba.land 𓈉
𓅡 𓅡 𓃭 | Babylonia | Orthography at the time of Darius

𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 Bāb.Iraⁿ 𓇼𓊹 An.ra Inri "Gate of God(s)" ⇔ Theran 𓊹 𓏏 𓂋 𓊹 𓈖
𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 Bab.Iluⁿ PSM
𒂍𒀭 𒊏 𒆠 (sic?)
⇔
𒆍 bābu door / gate
𓉐 باب bāb
𓅸𓉐 | nest | ⲃⲏⲃ m. cave, hole, den, nest

𒁮𒀭𒊏 dam an-ra "the wife of An"

alternative readings:

𒆳𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 káʳᵗ AnRa.ki® vs 𓊖 Ankara kar Inri 𓐍 𓏏 𓅓 𓉐 gate 𓄚 inner? 𒆳𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 KUR káʳ Bāb.Iran "Gate to Iran/Elam"
𒆳𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 Bāb𒀭raⁿ 𒊏 ra /raḫ/ rap “to hit” ⇔ 𓅆 𒀀𒊑𒁍 a-ri-bu Rabe rabi rabû "big gate"
𒆳𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 Bāb𒀭raᶥⁿ ⇔ Bahrain ?

𒀭𒊏 Dingir.ra ⇔ 天 Tengri "God" ≈ Kar.Tungria ?

𒀭𒊏 not an attested word on its own, maybe grammatical "of gods" ?

𒋗𒀭𒈾𒆠 Šuanna ≠ Susanna Susa !?!

Byblos

𒂦𒁾𒉄𒆠 bad3-tibira > Παντιβίβλος Pantibiblos ≠ Biblos by the river ≠ جُبَيْل Jebeil Byblos by the sea

𒄽 𒁍 ḫup-pu gap guvã cave cover gavrã حُفْرة ḥufra حرق ḥarʾ ⲭⲟⲗ hole
𒄽 𒁍 ḫup-pu 𓉐 ⲃⲏⲃ bab™ cave, hole, den, nest @ Babylon

مستودع الحبوب Mustawda' al-hubub "grain store"

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Until the rediscovery of cuneiform texts in the 19th century (which, for a while, drew attention away from the study of the works of Berossus), the fragments of the works of Berossus were the only genuine surviving material known from Mesopotamian civilization. During the 1970s, a German archaeological expedition discovered cuneiform texts with a kings list in Uruk similar to what is recorded in the second book of the Babyloniaca

3d video https://youtu.be/I1Hbht4iNQg