MAŠ.MAŠ ša₂ SIPA
māšu ša rē'i

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-10-27
Primary meaning γ Geminorum
Literal translation the twins’ star of the shepherd
Variants
MAŠ.MAŠ ša₂ SIPA māšu ša rē'i
Edited by
γ Geminorum star: normal star

Jones (2004) c10

(18) ⸢GE₆⸣ [6] (19) SAG GE₆ sin e MAŠ.MAŠ ša₂ SIPA 20 SI

‘(18) Ni[ght of (day) 6,] (19) beginning of the night, Sin was 20 fingers above the twins’ star of the shepherd.’

— BM 46229 (ADRT I No. -346) rev. 18-19

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.

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). MAŠ.MAŠ ša₂ SIPA (Lemma #384). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/384/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). MAŠ.MAŠ ša₂ SIPA (Lemma #384). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/384/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). MAŠ.MAŠ ša₂ SIPA (Lemma #384). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/384/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) MAŠ.MAŠ ša₂ SIPA (Lemma #384), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/384/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac384,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {MAŠ.{MA}Š ša₂ {SIPA} ({Lemma} #384)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/384/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/384/},
}