TUR3

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

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TUR₃ (𒀯𒉣𒇬) = tarbāşu, 'catte

Concordance, Etymology, History

Akkadian parallel to ^mulTarbāṣu "cattle-pen,' may occur just once as a star-name in a commentary to Enuma Anu Enlil relating to the 'horns' (crescents) of the Moon and Venus. More likely to be related to

• 1) epithet of Venus;
• 2) abbreviation of ^mulE₂.TUR₃^(?), see Kurtik e06.

Sources	Identifications
EAE. In astrological commentaries: mul MUL TUR3: dDil-bat [ . . . (most likely with reference to features of the crescent Moon and Venus). "Zagon = Venus" [NSAM 2, 166, Table V, Som. z:9'].

Historical Dictionaries

Kurtik (2022, t10)	Gössmann (1950)
аккадская параллель к mulTarbāṣu «Загон»; 1) эпитет Венеры; 2) сокращение от mulE2.TUR3(?), см. e06. I. Источники. ЕАЕ. В астрологическом комментарии: mulTUR3 : dDil-bat «Загон = Венера» [NSAM 2, 166, Table V, Сom. z:9'].	Example

References

• Kurtik's references