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SI GIR₂.TAB
Akkadian · noun
Edited by: Marvin Schreiber
Last edited: 2024-06-03
Meanings
Literal translation
horn of the scorpion
Categories
constellation
Related Lemmata 2 ›

1. horn of the scorpion

1.a horn of the scorpion constellation

Part of the constellation Scorpius resp. the zodiacal sign Scorpio. "Horn", i.e. the pincer of the scorpion.

i-nu-šu2 30 šap-lat SI GIR2.TAB

‘At that time, the moon was below the Horn of the Scorpion.’

— AB 251 (BH 2) obv. 3

Genre: horoscope Provenance: Babylon? Date: 3rd century BCE (date of birth in horoscope: [Darius II Year 14].I.14 = -409 April 29)

Rochberg, F. 1998. Babylonian Horoscopes. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 88. 56

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). SI GIR₂.TAB (Lemma #1290). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1290/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2024). SI GIR₂.TAB (Lemma #1290). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1290/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). SI GIR₂.TAB (Lemma #1290). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1290/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2024) SI GIR₂.TAB (Lemma #1290), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1290/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1290,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2024},
	title = {SI {GIR}₂.{TAB} ({Lemma} #1290)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1290/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1290/},
}