iltānu

Akkadian · noun

variants IM.SI : iltānu , IM.SI.SA₂ : iltānu

Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2025-02-03

Meanings

1. north

2. north wind

Literal translation

north

1. north

1.a north cardinal direction

2. north wind

2.a north wind type of wind

24 DIR AN ZA SI GIN ina KIN.SIG ŠU₂

‘The 24th, clouds were in the sky, the north wind blew; in the afternoon, overcast.’

— BM 34636 (ADRT III No. -141C) obv. 6'

Genre: astronomical diary Provenance: Babylon Date: 142 BCE

Sachs, A. J., Hunger, H. 1996. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. III. Diaries from 164 B.C. to 61 B.C. Vienna, Austria: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 118-119

⸢19⸣ IM.SI ŠAR₂ KALAG GE₆ 20 IM ŠAR

‘The 19th, strong gusty north wind. Night of the 20th, gusty wind.’

— Rm 728 (ADRT II No. -230C) obv. 7'

Genre: astronomical diary Provenance: Babylon Date: 231 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. 118-119

Cite this entry

APA (7th)

Ossendrijver, M. (2025). SI (Lemma #404). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/404/

Chicago (Author-Date)

Ossendrijver, M. (2025). SI (Lemma #404). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/404/

MLA (9th)

Ossendrijver, M. (2025). SI (Lemma #404). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/404/

Harvard

Ossendrijver, M. (2025) SI (Lemma #404), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/404/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac404,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2025},
	title = {SI ({Lemma} #404)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/404/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/404/},
}