RIN₂ ša₂ SI
zibānītu ša iltāni

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-10-27
Primary meaning β Librae
Literal translation the northern (part of) the scales
Variants
RIN₂ ša₂ SI zibānītu ša iltāni
Edited by
β Librae star: normal star

Jones (2004) c22

ina ZALAG₂ GU₄.UD SIG RIN₂ ša₂ SI 2 SI

‘Last part of the night, Mercury was 2 fingers below the northern (part of) the scales.’

— 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. 92-93

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). RIN₂ ša₂ SI (Lemma #418). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/418/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). RIN₂ ša₂ SI (Lemma #418). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/418/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). RIN₂ ša₂ SI (Lemma #418). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/418/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) RIN₂ ša₂ SI (Lemma #418), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/418/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac418,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {RIN₂ ša₂ {SI} ({Lemma} #418)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/418/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/418/},
}