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Akkadian · noun

Edited by: Alessia Pilloni , Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2024-06-03

Meanings

Literal translation

watch

1. evening watch

1.a evening watch time interval

GE₆ 17 ina EN dele-bat e MUL₂.ŠUR GIGIR ša₂ ULU₃ 1 KUŠ₃

‘Night of (day) 17, first part of the night, Venus was 1 cubit above the southern rein of the chariot.’

— U 180(3)+ (ADRT 7 No. 64) obv. 3

Genre: normal-star almanac Provenance: Uruk Date: SE 150

Hunger, H. 2014. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. VII: Almanacs and Normal Star Almanacs. Vienna, Austria: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 128-129

IZI GE₆ 22 EN e SA₄ ša₂ ABSIN 1 KUŠ₃ 8 SI

‘Month V, night of the 22nd, first part of the night, it was 1 cubit 8 fingers above the bright star of the furrow’

— IM 44152 III 2'-3'

Genre: astronomical diaries and related texts: planetary excerpt Provenance: Uruk Date: 160-172 SE

Hunger, H. 2001. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. V. Lunar and Planetary Texts. Vienna, Austria: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 352-353

EN occurs in two texts from Uruk, A 3456 and IM 44152; there I assumed an abbreviation or variant for USAN "first part of the night." (Hunger ADRT 5, 352; ADRT 6, XI).

Cite this entry

APA (7th)

Pilloni, A., & Ossendrijver, M. (2024). EN (Lemma #1764). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1764/

Chicago (Author-Date)

Pilloni, A., & Ossendrijver, M. (2024). EN (Lemma #1764). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1764/

MLA (9th)

Pilloni, A., & Ossendrijver, M. (2024). EN (Lemma #1764). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1764/

Harvard

Pilloni, A. and Ossendrijver, M. (2024) EN (Lemma #1764), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1764/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac1764,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Pilloni, Alessia and Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {EN ({Lemma} #1764)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1764/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1764/},
}