tarbaṣu

TUR₃
Akkadian · noun
Edited by: Alessia Pilloni , Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2023-06-26

Literal translation
cattle pen
Categories
astronomical term
extispicy
Related Lemmata 3

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.’

— BM 34651+ (ADRT I No. -342A) obv. 12

Genre: astronomical diary Provenance: Babylon Date: 343 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. 158-159

sin TUR3 NU KAD2 NIGIN

‘The moon was surrounded by a halo that was not closed.’

— BM 45850 A 12'

Genre: astronomical diary Provenance: Babylon Date: 125 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. 264-265

30 ina še-ri3 šamaš2 TUR3 NIGIN2

‘The 30th, in the morning, the sun was surrounded by a halo.’

— BM 46229 (ADRT I No. -346) 12

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. 144-145

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


Cite this entry
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/},
}