ba'ālu

KUR₄
Akkadian · verb
variant KUR : ba'ālu
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2023-06-26

Literal translation
to be bright
Categories
visual perception
Related Lemmata 8

1. to be bright

1.a to be bright visual perception

ŠE 1 23 KUR₄ ina šamaš₂ GUB IGI

‘Month XII, (day) 1 (which followed day 30 of the preceding month), (sunset to moonset) was 23 (UŠ); it was bright, it could be seen while Šamaš stood there.’

— BM 33837 (ADRT II No. -232) rev. 25

Genre: astronomical diary Provenance: Babylon Date: 233 BCE

Sachs, A. J., Hunger, H. 1989. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. II: Diaries from 261 B.C. to 165 B.C. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 114-115

9 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina MAŠ.MAŠ-IGI KUR NIM-a 18.30 na-su in 5 IGI

‘(Day) 9, Mercury’s morning rising in Gemini; it was bright (and) high, its presence (NA) was 18;30; (ideal) appearance on (day) 5.’

— BM 45608 (ADRT II -209D) rev. 5

Genre: astronomical diary Provenance: Babylon Date: 210 BCE

Sachs, A. J., Hunger, H. 1989. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. II: Diaries from 261 B.C. to 165 B.C. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 180-181


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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). KUR₄ (Lemma #365). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/365/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). KUR₄ (Lemma #365). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/365/

MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). KUR₄ (Lemma #365). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/365/

Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) KUR₄ (Lemma #365), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/365/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac365,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {KUR₄ ({Lemma} #365)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/365/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/365/},
}