〈DILI ša₂ IGI ABSIN〉 ēdu ša maḫar šer'i ‘γ Virginis’
〈ABSIN〉 šer'u ‘Virgo’
〈Στάχυς〉 Stachus ‘Spica (α Virginis)’
〈spica〉 ‘the Ear of Corn’
SA₄ ša₂ ABSIN
nebû ša šer'i
Akkadian noun
Last edited: 2025-02-24| Primary meaning | Spica (α Virginis) |
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| Literal translation | the bright one of the furrow |
| Variants | SA₄ ša₂ ABSIN nebû ša šer'i |
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Spica (α Virginis) star: normal star
Jones (2004) c20
GE₆ 5 ina ZALAG₂ MUL₂.BABBAR ar₂ SA₄ ša₂ [ABSIN]
‘Night of (day) 5, last part of the night, Jupiter was behind the bright one of the [Furrow].’
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2025). SA₄ ša₂ ABSIN (Lemma #315). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/315/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2025). SA₄ ša₂ ABSIN (Lemma #315). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/315/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2025). SA₄ ša₂ ABSIN (Lemma #315). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/315/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2025) SA₄ ša₂ ABSIN (Lemma #315), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/315/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac315,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
year = {2025},
title = {SA₄ ša₂ {ABSIN} ({Lemma} #315)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/315/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/315/},
}