〈EN.NUN〉 maṣṣartu ‘watch’
EN.NUN.U4.ZAL.LA
šāt urri
Akkadian noun
Last edited: 2023-07-03| Primary meaning | Morning watch |
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| Literal translation | Morning watch |
| Variants | EN.NUN.U4.ZAL.LA šāt urri EN.NUN.U4.ZAL.LE šāt urri ZALAG₂ ? in astronomical diaries U4.ZAL šāt urri in astronomical diaries U4.ZAL.LA šāt urri in astronomical diaries |
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Morning watch time interval
Third of the three watches of the night.
mul2.GU.LA a-dir 30 ina EN.NUN.U4.ZAL.LA AN.GE6 GAR-ma
‘The Great One is dark: the Moon makes an eclipse in the morning watch.’
GE₆ 20 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI MAŠ.MAŠ IGI 2 KUŠ₃ sin 5 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG
‘Night of (day) 20, last part of the night, Sin was 2 cubits in front of the front twin, Sin being 5 1/2 cubits low to the south.’
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M., & Schreiber, M. (2023). EN.NUN.U4.ZAL.LA (Lemma #273). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/273/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M., & Schreiber, M. (2023). EN.NUN.U4.ZAL.LA (Lemma #273). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/273/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M., & Schreiber, M. (2023). EN.NUN.U4.ZAL.LA (Lemma #273). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/273/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. and Schreiber, M. (2023) EN.NUN.U4.ZAL.LA (Lemma #273), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/273/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac273,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu and Schreiber, Marvin},
year = {2023},
title = {EN.{NUN}.{U4}.{ZAL}.{LA} ({Lemma} #273)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/273/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/273/},
}