E₃
aṣû

Akkadian verb

Last edited: 2024-02-25
Primary meaning to rise
Literal translation to come out
Variants
E₃-a aṣû infinitive
E₃ aṣû infinitive
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to rise astronomical phenomenon

usually in the sense of daily rising

(6) AN.GE₆ sin al šal ḪAB-rat (7) DIRI GAR-an ad₂ E₃-a

‘(6) An eclipse of Sin occurred, it exceeded a third of the disk, (7) it rose eclipsed.’

— BM 38104 (BH 27) rev. 6-7

Genre: horoscope
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 1st century BCE (date of birth in horoscope: 243 S.E. I.20 = -68 Apr.16)

Rochberg, F. 1998. Babylonian Horoscopes. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 88. 137-139

[...] ⸢x⸣ sin ki E₃-a gab-bi-šu₂ ŠU₂-im ana ZALAG₂-ru ki TAB-u₂ [...]

‘[...] ... when the moon rose, it was completely covered; when it began to clear, [...]’

— BM 45654 (ADRT III No. -170A) rev. 12'

Genre: astronomical diary
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 171 BCE

Sachs, A. J., Hunger, H. 1996. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. III. Diaries from 164 B.C. to 61 B.C. Vienna, Austria: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.

to come out astronomical phenomenon

said of celestial bodies when they come out of a cloud or another body

is-le₁₀ TA ŠA₃ sin E₃

‘The Jaw of the Bull came out of the Moon.’

— Rm 845+ (ADRT I No. -328) obv. 19

Genre: astronomical diary
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 329 BCE

Sachs, A. J., Hunger, H. 1988. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. I: Diaries from 652 B.C. to 262 B.C. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 186-187

Jaw of the Bull = Normal Star α Tauri

GE₆ 11 sin TA DIR ki E-a SIG DELE-ša₂-IGI-ABSIN 1 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana NIM DIB

‘Night of (day) 11, when the moon emerged from a cloud, it was 1 cubit below the single (star) in front of the Furrow, passing 1/2 cubit to the east.’

— BM 45708 (ADRT III No. -125A) obv. 4

Genre: astronomical diary
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 126 BCE

Sachs, A. J., Hunger, H. 1996. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. III. Diaries from 164 B.C. to 61 B.C. Vienna, Austria: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 258-259

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). E₃ (Lemma #1939). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1939/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). E₃ (Lemma #1939). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1939/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). E₃ (Lemma #1939). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1939/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) E₃ (Lemma #1939), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1939/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1939,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {E₃ ({Lemma} #1939)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1939/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1939/},
}