Ignace J. Gelb et al. discuss Assyrian bussurtu as meaning "unexpected tidings (usually good)."
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"bussurtu," in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, ed. Ignace J. Gelb, Benno Landsberger, A. Leo Oppenheim, and Erica Reiner, 21 vols. (Chicago: The Oriental Institute, 1965), 2:346
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- Ignace J. Gelb, A. Leo Oppenheim, Erica Reiner, Benno Landsberger
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bussurtu (passurtu, basratu) s.; unexpected tidings (usually good); . . . ūmu ubla bu-su-ra-tu-ma (what) the day brought me (is) only good news (incipit of a song) KAR 158 r. ii 15; note ṭuppi-bu-us-su-rat ḫadê [u su]lummê tušēbila a[na] ma[ḫa]r [ilū]tija (I, Aššur, will deliver your enemies into your hand and) you will send a tablet with the good news and news of peace to My Majesty (referring to the reports of the NA) kings to the god)
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