tarbaṣu
TUR₃
Akkadian · noun
Edited by: Alessia Pilloni , Mathieu Ossendrijver Last edited: 2023-06-26
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1. halo
1.a halo astronomical term
around moon or sun, attested in astronomical diaries and omen texts
21 GENNA ana ME E-a DIR NU PAP AN.BAR₇ šamaš₂ TUR₃ NIGIN₂ ma-diš iq-tur₇
‘(Day) 21, Saturn’s rising to daylight; clouds, I did not watch. Middle part of the day, the sun was surrounded by a cattle pen, it billowed very much.’
sin TUR3 NU KAD2 NIGIN
‘The moon was surrounded by a halo that was not closed.’
30 ina še-ri3 šamaš2 TUR3 NIGIN2
‘The 30th, in the morning, the sun was surrounded by a halo.’
2. pen, enclosure, courtyard
2.a pen, enclosure, courtyard
3. (a part of the liver)
3.a (a part of the liver) extispicy
4. (an ornament)
4.a (an ornament)
from OB on
APA (7th)
Pilloni, A., & Ossendrijver, M. (2023). TUR₃ (Lemma #490). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/490/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Pilloni, A., & Ossendrijver, M. (2023). TUR₃ (Lemma #490). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/490/
MLA (9th)
Pilloni, A., & Ossendrijver, M. (2023). TUR₃ (Lemma #490). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/490/
Harvard
Pilloni, A. and Ossendrijver, M. (2023) TUR₃ (Lemma #490), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/490/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac490,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
author = {Pilloni, Alessia and Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
year = {2023},
title = {TUR₃ ({Lemma} #490)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/490/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/490/},
}