AN
šamû

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-06-26
Primary meaning sky
Literal translation heaven
Variants
AN šamû
Edited by
sky spatial concept

location of stars, planets, clouds, etc.

GI6 19 19 DIRI AN DIB ULU₃ ŠAR₂

‘Night of (day) 19, (daytime of day) 19: clouds crossed the sky, gusty wind.’

— BM 34651 (ADRT I No. -342A) obv. 11

Genre: astronomical diary
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 343 BCE

Sachs, A. J., Hunger, H. 1988. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. I: Diaries from 652 B.C. to 262 B.C. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). AN (Lemma #352). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/352/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). AN (Lemma #352). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/352/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). AN (Lemma #352). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/352/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) AN (Lemma #352), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/352/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac352,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {AN ({Lemma} #352)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/352/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/352/},
}