MAŠ.MAŠ IGI
māšu maḫrû

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-10-27
Primary meaning α Geminorum
Literal translation front twin
Variants
MAŠ.MAŠ IGI māšu maḫrû
Edited by
α Geminorum star: normal star

Jones (2004) c11

GI₆ 15 ina [ZALAG₂] ⸢sin⸣ ina IGI MAŠ.MAŠ IGI 2 KUŠ₃

‘Night of (day) 15, last [part of the night], Sin was 2 cubits in front of the front twin (star).’

— BM 34362+ (ADRT II -197B) obv. 15

Genre: astronomical diary
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 198 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. 250-251

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). MAŠ.MAŠ IGI (Lemma #309). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/309/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). MAŠ.MAŠ IGI (Lemma #309). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/309/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). MAŠ.MAŠ IGI (Lemma #309). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/309/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) MAŠ.MAŠ IGI (Lemma #309), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/309/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac309,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {MAŠ.{MA}Š {IGI} ({Lemma} #309)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/309/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/309/},
}