AN.GE6
attalû

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2025-02-03
Primary meaning eclipse
Literal translation darkening of sky
Variants
AN.GE6 attalû
AN.TA.LU
AN.TA.LU3
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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


See also

E₂ AN.GE₆ bīt attalêeclipse house

ꜣbꜣ.teclipse

defectio eclipse

ἔκλειψις ekleipsiseclipse

KAN5 na'duruto become eclipsed

τοῦ ἡλίου ἔκλειψις tou hēliou ekleipsissolar eclipse

τῆς σελήνης ἔκλειψις tēs selēnēs ekleipsislunar eclipse

ἐκλείπω ekleipōto be eclipsed

ⲉⲣ ⲕⲁⲕⲉ er kaketo be eclipsed

IR₂ bikītuphase of maximal eclipse

GAM kippatueclipse magnitude

TIL-tu4 gamartutotality (of an eclipse)

Cite this entry
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: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac301,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2025},
	title = {AN.{GE6} ({Lemma} #301)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/301/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/301/},
}