BAR
nisannu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-11-03
Primary meaning Nisannu (month I)
Variants
iti.BAR2.ZAG.GAR nisannu month of the shrine of the sanctuary (Ur III, OB, MA)
iti.BAR2 nisannu Month of the shrine (From MB on)
iti ZAG.GAL.GAR nisannu OB Sippar
iti.BAR nisannu
BAR
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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.

Cite this entry
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/
Harvard
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: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac102,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Pilloni, Alessia},
	year = {2024},
	title = {BAR ({Lemma} #102)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/102/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/102/},
}