šur GIGIR ša₂ ULU₃
šur narkabti ša šūti

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-10-27
Primary meaning ζ Tauri
Literal translation the southern rein of the chariot
Variants
šur GIGIR ša₂ ULU₃ šur narkabti ša šūti šur is probably st. constr. of šur'u "rein"
Edited by
ζ Tauri star: normal 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

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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: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac367,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	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/},
}