naṣāru ša ginê

EN.NUN ša₂ gi-ne₂-e
Akkadian · noun
Edited by: Alessia Pilloni
Last edited: 2024-11-18
Meanings
Literal translation
regular watch
Categories
astronomical genre
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1. regular watch

1.a regular watch astronomical genre

term for astronomical diaries

EN.NUN ša₂ gi-ne₂-e TA GAN EN TIL ŠE MU.12.[KAM₂ mu₂-ma-kuš] ša₂ mar₂-tak-šat-su <LUGAL> MU-šu₂ na-bu-u₂

‘Diary from month IX to the end of month XII, year 12 [of Umakuš,] who is called king Artaxerxes.’

— BM 46229 (ADRT I No. -346) r. 35

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. 152-153

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APA (7th)
Pilloni, A. (2024). EN.NUN ša₂ gi-ne₂-e (Lemma #1705). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1705/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Pilloni, A. (2024). EN.NUN ša₂ gi-ne₂-e (Lemma #1705). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1705/
MLA (9th)
Pilloni, A. (2024). EN.NUN ša₂ gi-ne₂-e (Lemma #1705). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1705/
Harvard
Pilloni, A. (2024) EN.NUN ša₂ gi-ne₂-e (Lemma #1705), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1705/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1705,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Pilloni, Alessia},
	year = {2024},
	title = {EN.{NUN} ša₂ gi-ne₂-e ({Lemma} #1705)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1705/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1705/},
}