naṣāru

URU₃
Akkadian · verb
variant PAP : naṣāru
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver , Marvin Schreiber
Last edited: 2025-05-19
Meanings
Literal translation
to watch
Categories
visual perception
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1. to watch

1.a to watch visual perception

28 AN.MI šamaš₂ ki PAP NU IGI

‘(Day) 28, eclipse of Šamaš, when I watched I did not see it.’

— BM 34609 (ADRT III No. -144) obv. 10'

Genre: astronomical diary Provenance: Babylon Date: 145 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.

28 AN.GE6 20 ina ABSIN | ki PAP NU IGI

‘On the 28th (of month V), an eclipse of the sun in Virgo; | when watched for (it) was not observed.’

— BM 33018 (BH 21) rev. 4-5

Genre: horoscope Provenance: Babylon Date: 2nd century BCE (date of birth in horoscope: S.E. 187 VI.22 = -124 Oct. 1)

Rochberg, F. 1998. Babylonian Horoscopes. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 88. 117

2. to protect

2.a to protect
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M., & Schreiber, M. (2025). URU₃ (Lemma #439). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/439/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M., & Schreiber, M. (2025). URU₃ (Lemma #439). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/439/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M., & Schreiber, M. (2025). URU₃ (Lemma #439). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/439/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. and Schreiber, M. (2025) URU₃ (Lemma #439), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/439/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac439,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu and Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2025},
	title = {URU₃ ({Lemma} #439)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/439/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/439/},
}