SI MAŠ₂
qaran suḫurmāši

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-10-27
Primary meaning β Capricorni
Literal translation the horn of the goat-fish
Variants
SI MAŠ₂ qaran suḫurmāši
SI ša₂ MAŠ₂ qarnu ša suḫurmāši
Edited by
β Capricorni star: normal star

Jones (2004) c26

GI₆ 23 ina ZALAG₂ GU₄.UD SIG SI MAŠ₂ 2 KUŠ₃ 8 SI

‘Night of (day) 23, last part of the night, Mercury was 2 cubits 8 fingers below the horn of the goat-fish.’

— BM 46229 (ADRT I No. -346) obv. 28

Genre: astronomical diary
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 347 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. 146-147

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). SI MAŠ₂ (Lemma #368). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/368/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). SI MAŠ₂ (Lemma #368). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/368/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). SI MAŠ₂ (Lemma #368). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/368/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) SI MAŠ₂ (Lemma #368), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/368/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac368,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {SI {MA}Š₂ ({Lemma} #368)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/368/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/368/},
}