Akkadian noun
Last edited: 2025-05-27| Primary meaning | Virgo |
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| Literal translation | furrow |
| Variants | mul.ABSIN šer'u mul.AB.SIN2 šer'u ABSIN0 (KI) šer'u mul2.ABSIN |
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mul2.UR.A mul2.ABSIN mul2.GIR2.TAB PA.BIL MAŠ2 u KUN.ME PAP 6 KI.MEŠ ša2 sin ina ŠA3-ši-na TUR3 NIGIN2-ma ana 8-i u4-mu IM ŠAR2-tu u ZI.A
‘The Lion (Leo), the Furrow (Virgo), the Scorpion (Scorpio), Pabilsag (Sagittarius), the Goat-Fish (Capricorn) and the Tails (Pisces): in total 6 areas where Sin, (if) he is surrounded by a halo within them, then for 8 days wind and ...’
TA 13 ABSIN0 EN 27 zib ITI ana ITI 2.⸢6⸣.15.42 TAB u LA2
‘From 13 Virgo until 27 Pisces month by month 2,6;15,42 add and subtract.’
DIS mul.GU4.AN.NA mul.AB.SIN2 u mul.[SUḪUR.MAŠ] 3 KI.MEŠ a-n[a kur].⸢NIM?⸣.[MA.ki]
‘The Bull of Heaven (Taurus), the Furrow (Virgo), and the Goat-Fish (Capricorn): 3 areas for [Elam].’
[...] quanto vehementius pugnant quantumque persuadendi vias quaerunt, tanto fidem astrologiae vehementius fortiusque confirmant
‘But the more aggressively they attack, the more various the ways in which they seek to convince us, the more strongly they bolster our faith in astrology.’
συνεργοί εἰσιν οἱ συνοδεύοντες, ὑπουργοὶ δὲ οἱ συμβάλλοντες
‘Collaborators are the (stars) that travel together (are in conjunction?), and assistants are those that meet each other (in adjacent signs?)’
[ḪA.LA] SAG-ti mul2.lu2.ḪUN.GA2 šum3-šu2 : ša2-ni-tum ḪA.LA MUL2.MUL2 šum3-šu2 | [3-tu]m ḪA.LA mul2.MAŠ.MAŠ šum3-šu2 : 4-ni!-tum ḪA.LA mul2.ALLA šum3-šu2 | [5-i-t]um ḪA.LA mul2.UR.A šum3-šu2 : 6-i-tum ḪA.LA mul2.ABSIN šum3-šu2 | [7-i]-tum ḪA.LA mul2.GIŠ.RIN2 šum3-šu2 : 8-i-tum ḪA.LA mul2.GIR2.TAB šum3-šu2 | [9]-i-tum ḪA.LA mul2.PA šum3-šu2 : 10-i-tum ḪA.LA mul2.MAŠ2 šum3-šu2 | 11-i-tum ḪA.LA mul2.GU šum3-šu2 : 12-i-tum ḪA.LA mul2.ZIB šum3-šu2 | PAP 12 UZU.MEŠ ḪA.LA ša2 mul2.LU ša2 d.30 u d.UTU ina lib3-bi DIB.MEŠ
‘The name of the first [portion] is Aries. The name of the second portion is Taurus. | The name of the [third] portion is Gemini. The name of the fourth portion is Cancer. |The name of the [fifth] portion is Leo. The name of the sixth portion is Virgo. | The name of the [seventh] portion is Libra. The name of the eighth portion is Scorpio. | The name of the [ninth] portion is Sagittarius. The name of the tenth portion is Capricornus. | The name of the eleventh portion is Aquarius. The name of the twelfth portion is Pisces. | Total: 12 ominous parts, portion(s) of Aries which the Moon and the Sun will pass through.’
〈Παρθένος〉 Parthenos ‘Virgo’
〈—〉 rpy.t ‘Virgo’
〈DILI ša₂ IGI ABSIN〉 ēdu ša maḫar šer'i ‘γ Virginis’
〈SA₄ ša₂ ABSIN〉 nebû ša šer'i ‘Spica (α Virginis)’
〈GIR₃ ar₂ ša₂ A〉 šēpu arkītu ša nēši ‘β Virginis’
〈virgo〉 ‘Virgo’
〈בְּתוּלָה〉 bət̲ûlāh ‘Virgo’
〈कन्या〉 kanyā ‘Virgo’
@misc{zodiac4,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu and Schreiber, Marvin},
year = {2025},
title = {ABSIN ({Lemma} #4)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/4/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/4/},
}