〈ana ar₂-šu₂〉 ana arkišu ‘in retrograde direction’
EGIR
arki
Akkadian preposition
Last edited: 2024-03-22| Primary meaning | behind |
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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.’
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/},
}