Ṣarru

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Ṣarru

Authors: Gennady E. Kurtik, David Hilder, Wayne Horowitz, Susanne M Hoffmann, Euin Choung Kim


mulṢarru (𒀯𒇡𒊒), most likely to be realized MUL șarru, 'the/a sparkling star, a name for Mars in Enuma Anu Enlil and what appears to be an excerpt from the Great Star List.

Concordance, Etymology, History[1]

= "Sparkling (star)", with reference to Mars.

Sources Identifications
EAE.
  • DIŠ mulṢar-ru ana ŠA3 [...] "If the Sparkling Star to [...approaches]"(?) [BPO 3[2], 271, 83-1-18,783: 5]; in the preceding line of the text, mulṢar-ru is replaced by mulṢal-bat-a-nu "Mars". See also: mul.meš ... ṣar-ru-ti [AHw[3] 1086b].
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Great Star List and Miscellaneous Texts:

83-1-18, 462 (Meek RA 17, 192) rev. 8-10: MUL na-ka-ru [ . . . ], MUL șarșa-ruru [. . .], MUL HUL [ . . .] paralleling names for Mars in GSL 90-92: MUL na-ka-ru, MUL ș[a]r!?ru (copy more likely S[A]R, MUL HUL = dMIN (Ṣal-bat-a-nu).




Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, ts06) Gössmann (1950)
= «Сверкающая (звезда)»; по-видимому, это эпитет Марса.

I. Источники.

EAE. DIŠ mulṢar-ru ana ŠA3 […] «Если Сверкающая звезда к […приблизилась]»(?)  [BPO 3, 271, 83-1-18,783: 5]; в предшествующей строке текста вместо mulṢar-ru стоит mulṢal-bat-a-nu «Марс». См. также: mul.meš … ṣar-ru-ti  [AHw 1086b].

Example

References

  1. Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0, All Skies Encyclopaedia.
  2. Reiner E., Pingree D. Babylonian Planetary Omens. Part Three. Groningen, STYX Publications. 1998.
  3. von Soden, W. Akkadisches Handwörterbuch. Wiesbaden, 1985.