sissinnu Eru

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-05-27
Primary meaning Frond-of-Eru-star
Variants
sis-sin-nu d.E4-ru6 sissinnu Eru
mul.E4/A-ru₆ Eru/Aru Eru could refer to the goddess, but if it is read 'aru' it already translates as "frond".
mul2.E4-ru₆ Eru
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Frond-of-Eru-star constellation

Approx. corresponding to γ Comae Berenices.

[DIŠ MUL.MEŠ um-mu-l]u-tu4 ša2 ina KUN mul.UR.GU.LA [GUB-zu sis]-sin-nu d.E4-ru6 d.Zar-pa-ni-tu4

‘¶ The scintillating stars which stand in the tail of the Lion: The Frond (of the date palm) of Eru, Zarpanitu.’

— BM 86378 i 10-11

Genre: schematic astronomy: mulapin
Provenance: ?
Date: ca. 626-539 BCE

Hunger, H. and Steele, J., 2019. The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN. London and New York: Routledge. 31-32

4 MA.NA 10 GIN₂ MIN 2/3 DANNA i-na KI.MIN 45 lim DANNA ina KI.MIN TA mul.a-ru₆ EN mul.ŠUDUN.ANŠE

‘4 minas, 10 shekels ditto (weight) 2/3 bēru on ditto (the ground) 45 thousand bēru in ditto (heaven), from the Frond to the Harness.’

— AO 6478 (TCL VI 21 = TU 21) rev. 21-22

Genre: star list
Provenance: Uruk
Date: ca. 200 BCE

Thureau-Dangin 1913, 'Distances entres étoiles fixes d'après une tablette de l'époque Séleucides', RA 10, 215-225 219

Eru-star star: ziqpu star

γ Comae Berenices

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). sissinnu Eru (Lemma #496). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/496/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2024). sissinnu Eru (Lemma #496). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/496/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). sissinnu Eru (Lemma #496). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/496/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2024) sissinnu Eru (Lemma #496), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/496/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac496,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2024},
	title = {sissinnu {Eru} ({Lemma} #496)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/496/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/496/},
}