attalû

AN.GE₆
Akkadian · noun
variants AN.TA.LU , AN.TA.LU₃
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2025-02-03
Meanings
Literal translation
eclipse
Categories
astronomical phenomenon
lunar phenomenon
solar phenomenon
Related Lemmata 12 ›

1. eclipse

1.a eclipse astronomical phenomenon, lunar phenomenon, solar phenomenon

⸢ina⸣ 18 MU.MEŠ 38 ITI AN.GE6 [sin]

‘In 18 years 38 months of an eclipse of [Sin]’

— BM 55555 (BMAPT No. 95) rev. i 6'

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text Provenance: Babylon Date: ca. 250-50 BCE

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer. 496-500

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2025). AN.GE₆ (Lemma #301). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/301/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2025). AN.GE₆ (Lemma #301). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/301/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2025). AN.GE₆ (Lemma #301). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/301/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2025) AN.GE₆ (Lemma #301), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/301/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac301,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2025},
	title = {AN.{GE}₆ ({Lemma} #301)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/301/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/301/},
}