buṣāru
3Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ina birīt GN [b]u-ṣa-ru šakin ḫazijannam ana GN ḫazijanna ana GN₂ [bēlī l]išpuramma [… m]uškēnim liṣṣurū [akkī]ma mātum ina qāt bēlija [lā uṣṣ]û ARM 28, 45: 6 ARCHIBAB “between (diff. parties of) GN a struggle has broken out. [My lord] may send a mayor to GN and a mayor to GN₂, that they protect the […] of the poor [so tha]t the land does not [get out of] control of my lord”. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) bu-ṣa-ru-um ina GN ＜it＞taškan ARM 2, 38: 18 ARCHIBAB “a struggle has broken out in GN”. previously cited CAD B 346 s.v. busāru.
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ḫupšū ālānūni ina bērišunu ul imtaggarū bu-ṣa-ru CUSAS 18, 292: 16 “the ḫupšu (and) our townsfolk will not agree with each other. Struggles”. Cf. bu-ṣa-ar ib. p. 301: 16 in difficult context. new
Discussion
SAD B 50. Durand 1997, 521: “rupture”. Kupper ARM 28, 61: “dissension”. Durand 2000, 547: “divergence d'opinion/fracture sociale”, < baṣāru.