balṭūtu
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Meanings:
state of being alive
de:German: Deutsch Lebendigkeit
fr:French: Français état d'être vivant
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantiveroot: blṭIIIpattern: PaRSverbal adjective of roots i--gem. + -ūtAbstractum suffix -ūt
Logogram: TI, TIN
Etymology: Derived ＜ balṭu
3Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) ba-al-ṭú-us-sú ul īdē kīma mītim kispam aktassipšum AbB 13, 21: 7 ARCHIBAB “I did not know whether he was still alive and I kept making funerary offerings for him as if he were dead”.
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) u ṣābum b[a-a]l-ṭù-us-sú tūr ARM 26/2, 357: 27' ARCHIBAB “and the army (of Mari) has returned safe and sound”.
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [...] ⸢ bal⸣-ṭú-us-su ana nāri tanaddīšuma lumunšu it[tabbal] Sakikkû XXIX 11 “[(if) ...] you lay him him alive into the river, its evil (influence) will be car[ried away]”. Corresponds to 22–24 in Heeßel 2000. new