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Akkadian
paššūru - table
(CAD P 259, AHw. 845, EDA I 454)
Commonly taken to be a loanword from Sum. BANŠUR (b/pansur) ‘table, tray’ (PSD B 87), but this etymology presents some difficulties (see EDA I for the details).