usakar [MOON]

(381 instances)

usakar [MOON] (381x: ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. u4-sakar "crescent moon; moon; crescent-shaped object; semi-circular line; half wheel" Akk. uskāru; warhu

[1] cuneiform UD.SAR u4-sakar
+ -0 (368x/97%); -ra (13x/3%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 9 335 34

16 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. crescent moon (381x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ĝiš[ud-sakar] OB Nippur Ura 1 576. LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown ud-sakar-ĝu10 Ugumu 118. ELA/ED IIIb/Ur u4-sakar iti-TAR-ka UET 2 supp 13 r i 1. ELA/ED IIIb/unknown e2 u4-sakar uru11 ku3-ga-še3 Nik 1, 029 r iii 6; e2 u4-sakar iri ku3-ga-še3 Nik 1, 149 r i 7. ELA/Old Akkadian/Adab gu2 sag u4-sakar-kam Adab 0835+0840 7. ELA/Ur III/Drehem 2(diš) udu niga siskur2 u4-sakar* ša3 unuki-ga* AnOr 07, 057 6; 3(diš) udu siskur2 u4-sakar AnOr 07, 059 1; 1(diš) maš2 siskur2 u4-sakar ša3 unuki-ga AnOr 07, 062 8. ELA/Ur III/Girsu nig2-dab5 u4-sakar u4 1(u) 5(diš) CT 10, 20 BM 014308 o v 12; lu2 u4-sakar-me DAS 196 6; lu2 u4-sakar-me DAS 200 14. ELA/Ur III/Nippur 3(diš) sila3 u2gamun u4-sakar CST 032 1; sag u4-sakar-bi x NATN 337 3. ELA/Ur III/Umma u4-sakar gu-la AAS 152 3; u4-sakar gu-la Aegyptus 26, 165 15 2; 1(diš) maš2 u4-sakar u4 1(u) 5(diš) Aegyptus 26, 165 15 5. ELA/Ur III/Ur sag u4-sakar-še3 UET 3, 0037 5; eš3-eš3 u4-sakar sag iti gu-la UET 3, 0105 2; [...] u4-sakar-ka UET 3, 0145 4. ELA/Ur III/Wilayah eš3-eš3 u4-sakar-še3 JCS 38, 062 26 3. ELA/Ur III/unclear nig2 u4-sakar gešgigir-ra TIM 06, 19 o ii 5'. unknown/Old Babylonian/unknown saĝ u4-sakar = re-eš ITU MSLSSI, 17-27 i 54. unknown/ED IIIb/Girsu e2 u4-sakar iri ku3-ga-še3 DP 044 r iv 3; e2 u4-sakar DP 047 r vi 7; munus e2 u4-sakar DP 166 o ii 3; e2 u4-sakar iri ku3-ga-še3 DP 200 o ii 2; e2 u4-sakar ninaki-[na-še3] DP 261 o ii 3. unknown/ED IIIb/unknown [e2 u4]-sakar iri ku3-ga-še3 LB 0916 r ii 1. unknown/Ur III/Drehem u4-sakar dnisaba Aleppo 421 2; eš3#-[eš3] u4#-sakar AOAT 240, 81, 7 3; eš3-eš3 u4-sakar Hirose 046 4. unknown/Ur III/Girsu a2 geš gar-ra u4-sakar ASJ 17, 226 115 12; 6(diš) sila3 kaš 4(diš) sila3 zi3 2(diš) i3 id-gur2 lu2 u4-sakar-me BM Messenger 178 2; nig2-dab5 u4-sakar MVN 17, 105 8. unknown/Ur III/Umma u4-sakar u4 1(u) 5(diš) MVN 16, 0646 3; u4-sakar gu-la MVN 16, 0646 3; 1(diš) udu niga u4-sakar gu-la MVN 16, 0695 1.

~ ig[door]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ĝišud-sakar ig OB Nippur Ura 1 390.

~ margida[cart]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ĝišud-sakar mar-gid2-da OB Nippur Ura 1 370.

See: gag usakar; gag usakar margida.

2. moon

3. crescent-shaped object

4. semi-circular line

5. half wheel

Akk. uskāru "crescent (moon)"; warhu "the moon".

[1999] E. Robson, Mesopotamian Mathematics 40.

[1997] N. Veldhuis, EEN 184.

[1993] W. Sallaberger, Kalender 39-40 wn164.

[1990] A. Kilmer, Artistic Environments 86.

[1972] M. Powell, ZA 62 189-190 n57.

See ETCSL: ud-sakar=crescent (moon).

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