Egyptian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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M3

 m

  1. ebony (wood, tree)
    • c. 1951 BCE, Stela of Ity (British Museum, Egyptian Antiquities 586), lines 3–4:
      Ar
      H_SPACE
      iit
      md
      A1mhbn
      M3
      swabtmS40 m
      nbw
      N33A
      […] ꜣryt.j m hbnj swꜥbt m ḏꜥm […]
      […] and my staff in ebony decorated with electrum […]

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References

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  1. ^ Takács, Gábor (2021) “Towards the African Etymology of Greek ἔβενoς”, in Commentarii Societatis Philologae Polonorum, volume 108, numbers 1-2, →DOI, pages 115-165