nisannu

BAR
Akkadian · noun
variants iti.BAR₂.ZAG.GAR : nisannu , iti.BAR₂ : nisannu , iti ZAG.GAL.GAR : nisannu , iti.BAR : nisannu , BAR
Edited by: Alessia Pilloni
Last edited: 2024-11-03
Meanings
Categories
month
time interval
Related Lemmata 3 ›

1. Nisannu (month I)

1.a Nisannu (month I) month, time interval

[EN.NUN ša₂ gi-ne2]-e ša2 TA BAR EN TIL DU6 MU 1 ME 50.KAM2 man LUGAL

‘[Diary] from month I to the end of month VII, year 150, king Antiochus’

— BM 34140 l.e. 1

Genre: astronomical diary Provenance: Babylon Date: -161

Hunger & Sachs ADRT 1

¶ iti.BAR2.ZAG.GAR mul.AŠ.IKU BAR2.AN.NA

‘Nisannu, constellation of 1 iku(Field), the pedestal’

— K 2920+ o. 17'

Genre: astrolabe Provenance: Assur

Casaburi, M. C. 2003. Tre-stelle-per-ciascun (-mese): l'Astrolabio B: edizione filologica. Annali/Supplemento, p.29.

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APA (7th)
Pilloni, A. (2024). BAR (Lemma #102). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/102/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Pilloni, A. (2024). BAR (Lemma #102). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/102/
MLA (9th)
Pilloni, A. (2024). BAR (Lemma #102). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/102/
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Pilloni, A. (2024) BAR (Lemma #102), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/102/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac102,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Pilloni, Alessia},
	year = {2024},
	title = {BAR ({Lemma} #102)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/102/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/102/},
}