šuršu
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Meanings:
root, foundation
de:German: Deutsch Wurzel, Fundament
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivepattern: PuRS
Etymology: Inherited ＜ PSem. *ŝVrš- “root” (cf. Kogan 2015, 42; SED online).
2Attestations
MA-LitMA-Lit: Middle Assyrian literary texts šu-ru-uš bēlūti rubû nādu tiriṣ qāt Šamši utullu BagM 25, 464: 8 “the foundation of rulership, the attentive prince, protégé of Šamaš, the herder”. See also Talon 2005, 126: 7.
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) [..]. ūmī .[.. lišt]ē⸢li⸣pū šur-šú-šú [...] Esagi[l ..]. liṣarr⸢iš⸣ papallu Ludlul V 97 eBL “[..]. the days .[.., may] his roots [re]ach (down) [...] Eagi[l-temple ..]. may the shoot spread out!”