MAŠ2
suḫurmāšu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-04-23
Primary meaning Capricorn
Literal translation Goat-Fish
Variants
MAŠ₂ suḫurmāšu
SUḪUR.MAŠ₂ suḫurmāšu
mul₂.MAŠ₂ suḫurmāšu
mul.SUḪUR.MAŠ₂ suḫurmāšu
SUḪUR-ša₂-MAŠ₂ suḫurmāšu
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Capricorn zodiac sign

(2) TA 1 A EN 16 MAŠ₂ 1.46 TAB (3) 16 MAŠ₂ DIB-iq GAM 20 DU-ma TAB

‘From 1 Leo until 16 Capricorn you add 1,46. (If) it passes 16 Capricorn you multiply by 0;20 and add.’

— AO 6477 (BMAPT No. 42) obv. 1-2

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text
Provenance: Uruk

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer


Goat-Fish constellation

ana bu-lim ina ŠA₃ mul.SUḪUR.MAŠ₂ mul.AL.LUL u mul.GU₄.AN.NA

‘For cattle: in the Goat-Fish, the Crab, and the Jaw of the Bull / Bull of Heaven’

— BM 47494 obv. 22

Genre: astrological compendium
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 464-337 BCE

Hunger, H. 2004. Stars, Cities, and Predictions. Pp. 16–32 in Studies in the History of the Exact Sciences in Honour of David Pingree, eds. Charles Burnett, Jan Hogendijk, Kim Plofker and Michio Yano. Leiden: Brill.

GE₆ 23 [...] e MULₓ(AB₂) TUR ša₂ 3 1/2 KUŠ₃ ar₂ SUḪUR-ša₂-MAŠ₂ GUB LAL₂

‘Night of the 23rd, [... Mars?] was balanced abovesic the small star which stands 3 1/2 cubits behind Capricorn.’

— VAT 4956 (ADRT I No. -567)

Genre: astronomical diary
Provenance: ?
Date: 568 BC

Sachs, A. J., Hunger, H. 1988. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. I: Diaries from 652 B.C. to 262 B.C. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 50-51


Goat-Fish mixed creature

See also

ḥr-ꜥnḫCapricorn

Αἰγόκερως AigokerōsCapricorn

MUL₂ TUR ša₂ 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ár MÚL ar₂ ša₂ SUHUR.MAŠ₂ kakkabu ṣeḫru ša 2 1/2 ammatu arki kakkabi arkî ša suḫurmāšiι Aquarii

SI MAŠ₂ qaran suḫurmāšiβ Capricorni

MUL₂ IGI ša₂ SUḪUR.MAŠ₂ kakkabu maḫrû ša suḫurmāšiγ Capricorni

MUL₂ ar₂ ša₂ SUḪUR.MAŠ₂ kakkabu arkû ša suḫurmāšiδ Capricorni

capricornus Capricorn

גדיא gdyʾCapricorn

גְּדִי gəd̲îCapricorn

मकर makaraCapricorn

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Pilloni, A., & Ossendrijver, M. (2024). MAŠ2 (Lemma #101). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/101/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Pilloni, A., & Ossendrijver, M. (2024). MAŠ2 (Lemma #101). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/101/

MLA (9th)
Pilloni, A., & Ossendrijver, M. (2024). MAŠ2 (Lemma #101). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/101/

Harvard
Pilloni, A. and Ossendrijver, M. (2024) MAŠ2 (Lemma #101), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/101/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac101,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Pilloni, Alessia and Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {MAŠ2 ({Lemma} #101)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/101/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/101/},
}