APIN
araḫsamna

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-11-03
Primary meaning Araḫsamna (month VIII)
Variants
iti.APIN.DU₈.A araḫsamna Month (in which) the plough is released
a-ra-aḫ-sam-na araḫsamna
a-ra-aḫ-sam-nu araḫsamna
iti.APIN.DU₈ araḫsamna
iti.APIN araḫsamna
APIN araḫsamna
Edited by
Araḫsamna (month VIII) month, month name, month VIII, time interval

¶ iti.APIN giš.AL.LA₂.BI giš.APIN.NA

‘Month VIII: the hoe, the plough’

— KAV 218 a ii 39-40

Genre: astrolabe
Provenance: Nineveh
Date: Neo-Assyrian

Casaburi, M. C. 2003. Tre-stelle-per-ciascun (-mese): l'Astrolabio B: edizione filologica. Annali/Supplemento 39

See also

〈—〉 mrḥšwn ‘Marhešwān (month VIII)’

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Pilloni, A. (2024). APIN (Lemma #269). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/269/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Pilloni, A. (2024). APIN (Lemma #269). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/269/
MLA (9th)
Pilloni, A. (2024). APIN (Lemma #269). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/269/
Harvard
Pilloni, A. (2024) APIN (Lemma #269), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/269/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac269,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Pilloni, Alessia},
	year = {2024},
	title = {APIN ({Lemma} #269)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/269/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/269/},
}