antasura [METAL] N (13x) Old Akkadian, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, unknown wr. an-ta-sur-ra; ^na₄an-ta-sur-ra; ^mulan-ta-sur-ra "a precious metal or stone; star name"

[1]	𒀭𒋫𒋩𒊏	an-ta-sur-ra
[2]	𒎎𒀭𒋫𒋩𒊏	^na₄an-ta-sur-ra
[3]	𒀯𒀭𒋫𒋩𒊏	^mulan-ta-sur-ra

	OAkk	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]	1	3	4	1
[2]		1	2
[3]			1

5 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Old Akkadian (1x/8%)

Old Babylonian (4x/31%)

Middle Assyrian (1x/8%)

Middle Babylonian (3x/23%)

Neo-Assyrian (3x/23%)

unknown (1x/8%)

Senses:

1. a precious metal or stone (12x/92%)

2. star name [CN] (1x/8%)

Akk. antasurrû.

Bibliography

[2008] A. Schuster-Brandis, AOAT 46 395.

Lexical Associations

Ṣariru[Flashing Red]CN (// antasura[metal])

^mulan-ta-sur-⸢ra⸣ = ṣa-ri-ru (MSL 11, 022 D r i 21).

ṣāriru[flashing red]N (// antasura[metal])

[an-ta-sur]-⸢ra⸣ = ⸢ṣa-ri⸣-ru (Emar 6/1, p. 257, Msk 74103b r iii 10'; Ura 11 section 3, 57; Iraq 06, 67 + 68 r i 26').

References for all phrases

antasura[metal]

an-ta-sur-[ra] (Emar 6/2, p. 571-574, Msk 74247 o iv 38; Emar 6/1, p. 330, Msk 74128o o i' 7'').

^na₄an-ta-sur-ra (OB Nippur Ura 4 77).

^na₄an-ta-sur-⸢ra⸣ = [...] (Ura 16 Seg.12, 3, Seg.12, 4).