e
eli/elat

Akkadian preposition

Last edited: 2023-12-13
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e eli/elat phonetic abbreviation used in astronomical diaries
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(7) GE₆ 13 11 ME DIR muš SAG GE₆ sin e MAŠ.MAŠ ša₂ ⸢SIPA⸣ 20 ⸢SI⸣ sin (8) 1 ⸢KUŠ₃ ana NIM⸣ DIB

‘(7) Night of (day) 13, ME (= moonrise to sunset) was 11 (UŠ), measured (despite) clouds; beginning of the night, Sin was 20 fingers above the twins’ star of the shepherd, Sin (8) having passed 1 cubit to the east.’

— BM 46229 (ADRT I No. -346) obv. 7-8

Genre: astronomical diary
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 347 BCE

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.

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). e (Lemma #1704). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1704/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). e (Lemma #1704). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1704/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). e (Lemma #1704). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1704/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) e (Lemma #1704), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1704/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
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@misc{zodiac1704,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {e ({Lemma} #1704)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1704/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1704/},
}