Ba (cuneiform)
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(digitized form ba, and other meanings)
A common Amarna letter that uses cuneiform ba.
(Third from last cuneiform sign, line 9.)
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The cuneiform sign ba, is a common-use sign of the Amarna letters, the Epic of Gilgamesh, and other cuneiform texts (for example Hittite texts).
Linguistically, it has the alphabetical usage in texts for b, a, or syllabically for ba, and also a replacement for "b", by "p". The a is replaceable in word formation by any of the 4 vowels: a, e, i, or u.
