šiṭrum

From 𒊬 (šaṭārum, “to write”).

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈʃitˤ.rum/

šiṭrum m (construct state šiṭir, plural šiṭrū) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. text, inscription (any piece of writing)
2. (transferred sense) stars

   𒅆𒁲𒅕 𒊭𒈨𒂊 [šiṭir šamê] ― ši-ṭi-ir ša-me-e ― starry sky

3. a šiṭru-song (a type of song)

• šiṭru (non-mimated)

• “šiṭru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “šiṭru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library