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Meaning & History
Means "mistress of the steppe". The name borne by an underworld goddess in the court of Ereshkigal who was tasked with recording information about the dead entering the afterlife. The first part of her name comes from beltu meaning "lady, mistress" and the second part derives from the Akkadian word ṣēru, meaning "steppe". This word was a euphemism for the underworld. She later became associated with the medicine goddess Gula. She remained popular into the Hellenistic period of Uruk.