šur narkabti ša šūti

šur GIGIR ša₂ ULU₃
Akkadian · noun
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2024-10-27

Meanings
Literal translation
the southern rein of the chariot
Categories
normal star
star
Related Lemmata 2

1. ζ Tauri

1.a ζ Tauri normal star, star

Jones (2004) c7. Translation rein given by CAD šur'u (also Jones 2004) but not in ADRT

(6) 12 SAG GE₆ sin (7) SIG šur GIGIR ša₂ ULU₃ 1 KUŠ₃ TUR₃ NU KAD₂

‘(Day) 12, beginning of the night, Sin was 1 cubit below the southern rein of the chariot, surrounded by a halo which was not closed.’

— BM 46229 (ADRT I No. -346) obv. 6-7

Genre: astronomical diary Provenance: Babylon Date: 347 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. 142-143


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). šur GIGIR ša₂ ULU₃ (Lemma #367). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/367/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). šur GIGIR ša₂ ULU₃ (Lemma #367). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/367/

MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). šur GIGIR ša₂ ULU₃ (Lemma #367). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/367/

Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) šur GIGIR ša₂ ULU₃ (Lemma #367), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/367/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac367,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {šur {GIGIR} ša₂ {ULU}₃ ({Lemma} #367)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/367/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/367/},
}