AN.UR₃
išid šamê

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2025-07-21
Primary meaning horizon
Literal translation heaven's base
Variants
AN.UR₃ išid šamê
Edited by
horizon cosmological concept

KI.ŠE₃ AN.KI TEŠ₂.BI LA₂.A.TA AN.UR₃.TA UM.TA.E₃.NA.Z[U.Š]E ana e-ma ša-mu-u₂ u KI-tum DIŠ-niš na-an-du-ru iš-tu i-šid AN-e ina <a-še-ka>

‘When you (Sun-god) rise at the place where heaven and earth embrace, from the horizon.’

— K 4872 4

Genre: ritual
Provenance: Nineveh
Date: neo-assyrian

Borger, R. (1967). Das dritte “Haus” der Serie bīt rimki (VR 50-51, Schollmeyer HGŠ NR. 1). Journal of Cuneiform Studies, 21, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359353 3

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APA (7th)
Pilloni, A. (2025). AN.UR₃ (Lemma #2289). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2289/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Pilloni, A. (2025). AN.UR₃ (Lemma #2289). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2289/
MLA (9th)
Pilloni, A. (2025). AN.UR₃ (Lemma #2289). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2289/
Harvard
Pilloni, A. (2025) AN.UR₃ (Lemma #2289), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2289/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2289,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Pilloni, Alessia},
	year = {2025},
	title = {AN.{UR}₃ ({Lemma} #2289)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2289/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2289/},
}