SAG A
rēš nēši

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-10-27
Primary meaning ε Leonis
Literal translation the head of the lion
Variants
SAG A rēš nēši
SAG UR.A rēš nēši mainly in astronomical diaries 350-300 BCE
SAG UR rēš nēši
Edited by
ε Leonis star: normal star

Jones (2004) c14

⸢ina ZALAG₂ dil-bat SIG⸣ SAG A 4 KUŠ₃

‘Last part of the night, Venus was 4 cubits below the head of the lion.’

— BM 33850 (ADRT III No. -162) obv. 7

Genre: astronomical diary
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 163 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. 24-25

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). SAG A (Lemma #411). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/411/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). SAG A (Lemma #411). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/411/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). SAG A (Lemma #411). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/411/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) SAG A (Lemma #411), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/411/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac411,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {SAG {A} ({Lemma} #411)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/411/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/411/},
}