būštu
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Variant: būltu
Meanings:
shame; dignity
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
21. Shame
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (the army of the enemy’s country) ina bu-ul-ti u lumun libbi iturra CUSAS 18, 29: §57': 48' “will return in shame and misery”. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ina qāt bu-uš-tim panūšunu [kabtū] ARM 27, 133: 33 ARCHIBAB “their faces [are heavy] with shame”. new
12. Dignity
NBNB: Neo Babylonian (ca. 1000–626 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ina bu-ul-ti-ia anaḫḫis SAA 17, 27 r. 2 SAAo “I return in dignity”. Probably not bulṭu “life” because of -ti- instead of -ṭi-. new