1. it is covered
1.a it is covered astronomical phenomenon, lunar phenomenon
said of the moon at first crescent in connection with the crown (earthshine?)
ŠU 1 27 na ina šamaš₂ GUB IGI AGA a-pir
‘Month IV, (day) 1 (which followed day 30 of the preceding month), NA (= time from sunset to moonset) was 27 (UŠ), it (Sin) appeared while Šamaš was present, it was covered with a crown.’
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2026). a-pir (Lemma #512). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/512/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2026). a-pir (Lemma #512). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/512/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2026). a-pir (Lemma #512). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/512/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2026) a-pir (Lemma #512), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/512/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac512,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
year = {2026},
title = {a-pir ({Lemma} #512)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/512/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/512/},
}