Ṣurru

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Ṣurru

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


mulṢurru (𒀯𒀫𒊒): Obsideion star: A star near LI9.SI4 in the 'Breast of the Scorpion.

Concordance, Etymology, History[1]

= "obsidian star." [AHw[2], 1114; CAD[3] Ṣ, 257ff.]; a star near or in the constellation Scorpius(?).

Sources Identifications
"Reports."

See. [SAA 8[4], 98 r. 4]; šum-ma MUL șur-ru MUL LI9.SI4 ša GA[BA MUL [GÍR.TAB] i-za-zu-[u-ni] ina IGI d30 [it]-ti-ti-zu šu-u GISKTM ka-a-a-ma-nu, If the Obsidian star (and) Antares, which stand in the br[east] of Scorpio, stood in front of the moon, this is a normal sign (Kurtik L07) dLI9.SI4, IV 4.

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Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, ts06) Gössmann (1950)
= «Обсидиан-звезда» [AHw, 1114; СAD Ṣ, 257ff.]; звезда, находившаяся вблизи или в созвездии Скорпиона(?).

I. Источники.

«Рапорты». См. [SAA 8, 98 r. 4];  текст предсказания см. L07dLI9.SI4, IV 4.

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References

  1. Planetarium Babylonicum 2.0, All Skies Encyclopaedia.
  2. von Soden, W. Akkadisches Handwörterbuch. Wiesbaden, 1985.
  3. The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Chicago and Glückstadt, 1956 - 2010
  4. Hunger H. Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings. Helsinki, 1992 (State Archives of Assyria, VIII).