〈MAŠ〉 māšu ‘Gemini’
〈mul.MAŠ.TAB.BA.GAL.GAL〉 tūʾamū rabûtu ‘Great-Twins-star’
MAŠ.MAŠ ar₂
māšu arkû
Akkadian noun
Last edited: 2024-10-27| Primary meaning | β Geminorum |
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| Literal translation | rear twin |
| Variants | MAŠ.MAŠ ar₂ māšu arkû mul.MAŠ.TAB.BA EGIR-u₂ māšu arkû |
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β Geminorum star: normal star, star: ziqpu star
Jones (2004) c12 (normal star)
[... 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., & Schreiber, M. (2024). MAŠ.MAŠ ar₂ (Lemma #308). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/308/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M., & Schreiber, M. (2024). MAŠ.MAŠ ar₂ (Lemma #308). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/308/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M., & Schreiber, M. (2024). MAŠ.MAŠ ar₂ (Lemma #308). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/308/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. and Schreiber, M. (2024) MAŠ.MAŠ ar₂ (Lemma #308), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/308/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac308,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu and Schreiber, Marvin},
year = {2024},
title = {MAŠ.{MA}Š ar₂ ({Lemma} #308)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/308/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/308/},
}