To return to the Sumerian City of Agade.

    Shargaz can also be seen in the Scorpius Star Names under the star name Girtab.

• "When Sarur and Sargaz of the sting of Scorpio are bright, the weapons of Akkad will come...when Nergal (Mars) stands in Pabilsag (Scorpio's sting), a strong enemy will raise [his weapons] in the land...the wide forces of the enemy will slay troops...Mars has gone forward into Scorpio.    It is evil."    R. Campbell Thonpson, Reports of the Magicians and Astrologers of Nineveh and Babylon (7th century B.C.).
• Note that the Ishkara mentioned in the Scorpius Star Name - Girtab page is the same as the d.Ishchara.
  • From www.lexiline.com, "The Scorpion (GIR.TAB), d.Ishchara, Governess of all Lands.

• Star name l Shaula is Arabic for "the stinger," for it is at the tip of the scorpion's tail.
• Star name g Lesath which is one of the two stars making the scorpion's tail.    This name is a Latin corruption of the Arabic for "spot," probably refers to a foggy spot in the heavens created by the closeness of Shaula.
  
  
• First: Sumerian SHAR.GAZ, and its meaning (šar, enter, to begin, driven out or ^lúšár, military officer, world + gaz, to slaughter, to smash), possibly means "To Begin The Slaughter."
  • Sumerian šar, sar: n., a surface measure of one square ninda = 36 meters2; v., to insert, enter; to begin; to write; to pay, deliver punctually; to disturb someone; to drive (with -ni-); to drive, chase away (with -ta-); to run; adj., driven out, pursued.
    • Sumerian sár: (cf., šár).
    • Sumerian šár, sár: n., totality; world; horizon; v., to be many; to multiply or mix (with -da-); to slaughter; to request, implore; adj., numerous.
    • Sumerian ^lúšár: a military officer.
    • Sumerian šar₈ (NI): to interpret, explain.
    • Sumerian šaggina, šaggin, šagina: military governor (šag₄, 'guts', + gi-na, 'steady, reliable').
  • Sumerian gaz, 'to slaughter', 'to crush, powder', crushed.
    • Sumerian gaz₍₂₎: n., powder; break, fracture; war. v., to crush; to kill, slaughter; to vanquish, defeat.
  • Sumerian sa-gaz; sag-gaz: highway robber ('head' + 'to smash').
    • Sumerian sa-gaz...ak: to rob (someone: dative infix) ('robber' + 'to do').
    • Sumerian sag-gaz...ak: to slay ('head' + 'smash' + 'to do'; cf., sa-gaz).
  
  
• Second: Sumerian SHAR.UR4, its meaning (šar, enter, to begin, driven out + ur₄, sickle, harvest, to catch), as if "To Begin The Harvest."
  • See notes above in SHAR.GAZ for details on the Sumerian šar and its meaning.
  • Sumerian ur4: gur_10,14: n., sickle; v., to reap, harvest; to pluck; to shear (sheep); to gather in; to catch (in a net); to gather together; to join in assent (probably reduplication class).
  • In Assyro-Babylonian myth, a mace, Sharur, advises Ninurta on how to defeat the creature (Anzu).
    • See also the Canaanite Heyan aka Kothar-u-Khasis and the Hittite Ayas.
    • Also see Sumerian ÙZ, the goat, Akkadian Enzu, "The She-Goat," under Lyra.
    • Mace, as for Sharur in:
      • Sumerian ^(giš)tukul...sìg: to slaughter ('mace, weapon' + 'to strike, hurt').
      • Sumerian ^(giš)tukul: mace (thigh bone ?); weapon.
      • Sumerian middu₍₂₎: mace (the weapon).
      • Sumerian šíta: mace.
      • Sumerian rìg: mace, weapon.
• As to which star name is associated with either Sarur and Sargaz it is hard to tell as follows.

    This file was created on November 20, 2004.