uṣurtu   [GIŠ.ḪUR : ]  (occasionally [ṣurtu] ;)

[Art → Architecture]

1) drawing , sketch , rough draft (?) , plan ; 2) line drawing , plan (on tablet or figurine) ; 3) building plan , layout (on the ground) ; 4) lines , patterns (on hand, face, liver ...) ; 5) [astronomy] : cruciform halo ; [kakkab uṣurti] : (meaning unclear) ; 6) (deities) -plural- : designs , plans , ordinances ; [uṣurtu lā etēqi] : an inviolable prescription / that no one can shirk / escape ; an unescapable / ineluctable prescription ; [ina adan lā ṣurti] : at a moment not preordained ; (divine name) : [bēl šīmāti u uṣurāti] : lord of destinies and (divine) plans ;

Cf. eṣēru, iṣratu, iṣurtu, uṣertu, eṣēru, eṣru, iṣratu, ēṣiru, mēṣiru, uṣṣuru (1), uṣurtu

See also : ṣalmu

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