birbirru
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Variant: mirmerru+
Meanings:
shimmering radiance
de:German: Deutsch funkelnder Glanz
fr:French: Français éclat scintillant
Distribution: OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts, SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivenumber: usu. pl.Usually plural birbirrūroot: brrII/gem (mediae geminatae)pattern: PiSPiSS
Etymology: Derived ＜ barāru
3Attestations
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts lišānāšu bi-ir-bi-ir-ru-um bi-ir-bi-ir-ru-šu li-a-wu-ti-a-am AML, 111: 4 SEAL “its two tongues are luminosity, its luminosity is …”. For the unclear li-a-wu-ti-a-am see the discussion in AML p. 289.
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts bi-ir-bi-re-et Streck/Wasserman 2012, 196: 1 SEAL “she is a shining light”. Differently Mayer 2016, 197: nisba.
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) šinnāšu mi-ir-me-er-ru-um CUSAS 32, 27: 5 “its teeth are luminosity”. new
Discussion
Instead of bīt bír-bír-ri-im ARM 10, 38: 10 read prob. É.BABBAR-ri-im = Ebabbarim.