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Summary
Cuneiform sign. (in sub-section of "2-horizontals", at start of sign, (left))
Sign for "ab"-("ap")-(b, un-aspirated, p aspirated), and used in some of the Amarna letters when referring to the "fathers of the kings" in texts; for abu, Akkadian language for "father".
Used in the Amarna letters for name of letter author, and city-state ruler: Labaya, (author letters EA 252, 253, 254 and other letters where mentioned). Also in Ayyab's name, letter EA 364, obverse-(A-iYa-aB).
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Margret Studt
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