〈EN.NUN.USAN〉 barārītu ‘Evening watch’
EN
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Akkadian noun
Last edited: 2024-06-03| Primary meaning | evening watch |
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| Literal translation | watch |
| Variants | EN ? Abbreviation of EN.NUN.USAN(?) attested only in Normal Star Almanacs from Uruk. Akkadian reading perhaps barārītu (evening watch) or maṣṣartu (watch)? |
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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.’
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’
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: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1764,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
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/},
}