a-pir
apāru

Akkadian verb

Last edited: 2024-03-22
Primary meaning to be covered
Literal translation it is covered
Variants
a-pir apir
Edited by
to be 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.’

— BM 47725 (ADRT I -381B) X ii 7'

Genre: astronomical diary
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 382 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. 82-83

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). 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. (2024). 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. (2024). a-pir (Lemma #512). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/512/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) a-pir (Lemma #512), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/512/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac512,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {a-pir ({Lemma} #512)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/512/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/512/},
}