EGIR
arki

Akkadian preposition

Last edited: 2024-03-22
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Literal translation behind
Variants
EGIR arki
ar₂-ki arki
ar₂ arki
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behind expression of relative position, spatial expression

[... GI₆ 19] DIR AN ZA ULU₃ GIN ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ MAŠ.MAŠ ar₂ 1 KUŠ₃ sin 5 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG

‘[... Night of (day) 19], clouds were in the sky, the south wind blew; last part of the night, Sin was 1 cubit behind the rear twin (star), Sin being 5 cubits low to the south.’

— BM 35015+ (ADRT II No. -164B) obv. 7'

Genre: astronomical diary
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 165 BCE

Sachs, A. J., Hunger, H. 1989. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. II: Diaries from 261 B.C. to 165 B.C. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 494-495


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). EGIR (Lemma #302). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/302/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). EGIR (Lemma #302). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/302/

MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). EGIR (Lemma #302). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/302/

Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) EGIR (Lemma #302), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/302/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac302,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {EGIR ({Lemma} #302)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/302/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/302/},
}