SI₄
Lisi

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-10-27
Primary meaning α Scorpii
Literal translation Lisi
Variants
SI₄ Lisi
Edited by
α Scorpii (Antares) star: normal star

Jones (2004) c24

GE₆ 18 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI SI₄ 1 KUŠ₃

‘Night of the 18th, last part of the night, Sin was 1 cubit in front of Lisi.’

— BM 45816 (ADRT I No. -380B) rev. 8'

Genre: astronomical diary
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 381 BCE

Sachs, A. J., Hunger, H. 1988. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. I: Diaries from 652 B.C. to 262 B.C. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 86-87

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). SI₄ (Lemma #431). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/431/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). SI₄ (Lemma #431). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/431/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). SI₄ (Lemma #431). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/431/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) SI₄ (Lemma #431), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/431/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac431,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {SI₄ ({Lemma} #431)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/431/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/431/},
}