Ṣarru

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

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

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Concordance, Etymology, History

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

Sources	Identifications
EAE. DIŠ mulṢar-ru ana ŠA3 [...] "If the Sparkling Star to [...approaches]"(?) [BPO 3, 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 1086b].	Example

Great Star List and Miscellaneous Texts:

83-1-18, 462 (Meek RA 17, 192) rev. 8-10: MUL na-ka-ru [ . . . ], MUL șar^șa-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

• Kurtik's references