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Akkadian
bāštu - dignity, good looks (as quality of human beings and gods)
(CAD B 142, AHw. 112)
Var.: bāltu. Cf. Arb. bˀs “to be strong, mighty”, baˀs- “might, strength, courage, valour” (Lane 146; see Kogan 2003:258).