ēdu ša maḫar šer'i

DILI ša₂ IGI ABSIN
Akkadian · noun
variant e-du ša₂ IGI ABSIN : ēdu ša maḫar šer'i
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2025-08-28

Literal translation
single one in front of the furrow
Categories
normal star
star
Related Lemmata 2

1. γ Virginis

1.a γ Virginis normal star, star

Jones (2004) c19

GI₆ 11 sin TA DIRI ki E.A SIG DILI ša₂ IGI ABSIN 1 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana NIM DIB

‘Night of (day) 11, when Sin emerged from a cloud, it was 1 cubit below the single (star) in front of the Furrow, passing 1/2 cubit to the east.’

— BM 45708 (ADRT III No. -125A) obv. 4

Genre: astronomical diary Provenance: Babylon Date: 126 BCE

Sachs, A. J., Hunger, H. 1996. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. III. Diaries from 164 B.C. to 61 B.C. Vienna, Austria: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 258-259

šur-ši ABSIN 15

‘The root of the furrow: 15 (degrees of Virgo).’

— BM 46083

Genre: astral compendium Provenance: Babylon Date: ca. 400-50 BCE

Roughton, N. A.; Steele, J. M.; and Walker, C. B. F. 2004 A Late Babylonian Normal and Ziqpu-Star Text. Archive for History of Exact Science 58: 537–572. 563-564


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2025). DILI ša₂ IGI ABSIN (Lemma #314). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/314/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2025). DILI ša₂ IGI ABSIN (Lemma #314). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/314/

MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2025). DILI ša₂ IGI ABSIN (Lemma #314). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/314/

Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2025) DILI ša₂ IGI ABSIN (Lemma #314), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/314/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac314,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2025},
	title = {DILI ša₂ {IGI} {ABSIN} ({Lemma} #314)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/314/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/314/},
}