AN
zunnu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-06-26
Primary meaning rain
Literal translation rain
Variants
AN zunnu abbreviation of ŠEG₃ used in astronomical diaries and related texts
ŠEG₃ zunnu
Edited by
rain meteorological phenomenon

GE₆ 5 SAG GE₆ ŠU₂.ŠU₂ IM ŠAR₂ GIR₂ GU₃ U AN kab-bar PISAN DIB

‘Night of (day) 5, beginning of the night, very overcast, gusty wind, lightning, thunder, thick rain, PISAN DIB.’

— BM 32889+ (ADRT II No. -246) obv. 2

Genre: astronomical diary
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 247 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. 58-59

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). AN (Lemma #354). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/354/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). AN (Lemma #354). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/354/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). AN (Lemma #354). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/354/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) AN (Lemma #354), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/354/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac354,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {AN ({Lemma} #354)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/354/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/354/},
}