têrtu
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Variant: tîrtu,
tāʾīrtu
(once in Mari,
Šakkanakku
-period)
Meanings:
instruction; office; omen
de:German: Deutsch Anweisung; Amt; Omen
fr:French: Français instruction ; bureau ; présage
Distribution: OAkk onward(s)OAkk onward(s): Old Akkadian onwards (ca. 2350 BCE onwards)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantiveroot: wʾrI/w; II/ʾ (primae wāw, mediae ʾaleph)pattern: taPRīSt
Logogram: KIN, Á.ÁG.GÁ, uzu
UR₅
, UR₅, uzu
UR₅.ÚŠ
, UR₅.ÚŠ
Etymology: Derived ＜ wâru
11. Office, appointment
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ana te-er-ti GAR-šu Sakikkû XIX/XX 122′ “they(?) will appoint him for an office”. Corresponds to 105′a in Heeßel 2000. See also Sakikkû XIX/XX 120′, 123′ (104′a, 105′b in Heeßel 2000). Diff. Heeßel 2000, 238 (“Ein Orakel ist ihm gesetzt”). new
12. Further Attestations
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) lúšu-ut te-re-(e)-tim ša Nippur CUSAS 10, 17: 8 “officials of Nippur”. new