asurrakku
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Meanings:
subterranean waters
de:German: Deutsch Grundwasser
Distribution: SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
Etymology: Borrowed ＜ Sum.Sumerian a “water” and sur for which multiple meanings can be considered (see the disc. in Horowitz 2011, 212f.).
2Attestations
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ⸢ik⸣ruban＜ni＞ ina a-sur-rak-ki-i manzāza tukân ina anzanun⸢zê⸣ ta-x-ri Iraq 52, 3: S 15 “in the a. , you will establish an abode, in the anzanunzû , you will ...” new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) mulattû erṣeti kāšid a-sur-rak-ku ZA 113, 200: 38 eBL “(your fierce weapons) which split the earth, reaching the groundwaters”. new
Discussion
Also a poetic name for the Apsû, see Horowitz 2011, 310-313.