TUR
ṣeḫēru

Akkadian verb

Last edited: 2025-02-17
Primary meaning to be/become small
Literal translation to be/become small
Variants
TUR ṣeḫēru
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to be/become small mathematical property,

(3) ša₂ al-la 50.07.15 DIRI TA 1.40.14.30 E₁₁-ma GAR (4) EN 40.20.45 TUR ša₂ al 40.20.45 TUR (5) TA 1.20.41.30 E₁₁-ma GAR

‘(3) That which exceeds 50;7,15 you deduct from 1,40;14,30 and put down. (4) (Similarly) until 40;20,45, the smallest value. That which is smaller than 40;20,45 (5) you deduct from 1,20;41,30 and put down.’

— BM 54120 (BMAPT No. 37) obv. 3-5

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text
Provenance: Babylon?
Date: ca. 350-50 BCE

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer 298

to be/become faint verb of visual perception

said of planets in astronomical diaries and related texts. Also attested in some astrological texts where it seems to be a synonym of unnutu "to be faint", and thereby the opposite of ba'ālu "to be bright" (both verbs are attested together in texts dealing with planetary brightness).

(5) 26 ina ŠU₂ ina SAG R1N₂ IGI ma-diš (6) TUR

‘(5) (Day) 26, it (Jupiter) appears in the West in the beginning of Libra, it is very (6) faint.’

— BM 32299+ (ADRT V 56) col. i B rev. 5-6

Genre: astronomical diaries and related texts: planetary excerpt
Provenance: Babylon
Date: ca. 401 BCE

Hunger, H. 2001. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. V. Lunar and Planetary Texts. Vienna, Austria: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wis­senschaften. 174-175

dil-bat ina MAŠ₂ TUR

‘Venus is faint in Capricorn.’

— BM 30336 rev. iv 4

Genre: commentary
Provenance: Babylon
Date: possibly 2nd - 1st cent. B.C.

Pearce, L.E., 2016, “Commentary on Enūma Anu Enlil (?) (CCP 3.1.u7),” Cuneiform Commentaries Project (E. Frahm, E. Jiménez, M. Frazer, and K. Wagensonner), 2013–2025; accessed February 17, 2025, at https://ccp.yale.edu/P461117. DOI: 10079/ns1rnn

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M., & Schreiber, M. (2025). TUR (Lemma #1047). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1047/
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Ossendrijver, M., & Schreiber, M. (2025). TUR (Lemma #1047). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1047/
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@misc{zodiac1047,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu and Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2025},
	title = {TUR ({Lemma} #1047)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1047/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1047/},
}