apāru

Akkadian · verb
variant a-pir : apir
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2026-07-22

Literal translation
to cover
Categories
astronomical phenomenon
lunar phenomenon

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.’

— 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. (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/},
}