d.Nin-SAR u d.Er3-ra-gal
Nin-nisig u Erragal

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-10-20
Primary meaning Nin-nisig-and-Erragal-stars
Literal translation Nin-nisig and Erragal
Variants
d.Nin-SAR u d.Er3-ra-gal Nin-nisig u Erragal
Edited by
Nin-nisig-and-Erragal-stars constellation

ε and ζ Lyrae.

DIŠ 2 MUL.MEŠ ša2 EGIR-šu2 GUB.MEŠ-zu d.Nin-SAR u d.Er3-ra-gal

‘¶ The two stars which stand behind it: Nin-nisig and Erragal.’

— BM 86378 i 27

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. 35

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). d.Nin-SAR u d.Er3-ra-gal (Lemma #500). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/500/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2023). d.Nin-SAR u d.Er3-ra-gal (Lemma #500). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/500/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). d.Nin-SAR u d.Er3-ra-gal (Lemma #500). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/500/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2023) d.Nin-SAR u d.Er3-ra-gal (Lemma #500), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/500/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac500,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2023},
	title = {d.{Nin}-{SAR} u d.{Er3}-ra-gal ({Lemma} #500)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/500/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/500/},
}