GU₄
ajjaru

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-11-03
Primary meaning Ajjaru (month II)
Literal translation Month when the ox is headed
Variants
iti.GU₄.SI.SA₂ ajjaru Month when the ox is headed
iti.GU₄.SI.SU₃ ajjaru
iti.GU₄ ajjaru
GU₄ ajjaru
Edited by
Ajjaru (month II) month, month name, month II, time interval

¶ iti.GU₄ MUL.MUL d.IMIN.BI DINGIR GAL.GAL.E.NE ki.PAD.RA₂ GU₄<MEŠ> SI.SA₂.NE

‘Ajaru, constellation of the Pleiades, Sebettu The great gods opening of the earth, oxen are headed’

— KAV 218 a i 12-14

Genre: astrolabe
Provenance: Nineveh

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

See also

〈—〉 ꜣyr ‘Ajjar (month II)’

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Pilloni, A. (2024). GU₄ (Lemma #116). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/116/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Pilloni, A. (2024). GU₄ (Lemma #116). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/116/
MLA (9th)
Pilloni, A. (2024). GU₄ (Lemma #116). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/116/
Harvard
Pilloni, A. (2024) GU₄ (Lemma #116), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/116/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac116,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Pilloni, Alessia},
	year = {2024},
	title = {GU₄ ({Lemma} #116)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/116/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/116/},
}