GIŠ.KUN A
rapašti nēši

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-10-27
Primary meaning θ Leonis
Literal translation the rump of the lion
Variants
GIŠ.KUN A rapašti nēši
Edited by
θ Leonis star: normal star

Jones (2004) c17

GI₆ 12 ⸢SI GIN⸣ [ina] ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ MUL₂.BABBAR SIG GIŠ.KUN A 4 1/2 KUŠ₃

‘Night of (day) 12, the north wind blew; last part of the night, Jupiter was 4 1/2 cubits below the rump of the lion.’

— BM 34609 (ADRT III No. -144) rev. 4

Genre: astronomical diary
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 145 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. 96-97

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). GIŠ.KUN A (Lemma #413). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/413/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). GIŠ.KUN A (Lemma #413). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/413/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). GIŠ.KUN A (Lemma #413). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/413/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) GIŠ.KUN A (Lemma #413), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/413/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac413,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {GIŠ.{KUN} {A} ({Lemma} #413)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/413/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/413/},
}