agû

AGA
Akkadian · noun
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2024-06-03

Literal translation
crown
Categories
luminous entity other than star planet luminary

1. earthshine

1.a earthshine luminous entity other than star planet luminary

phenomenon reported near first lunar crescent, perhaps earthshine (Hunger)

ŠU 1 27 na ina šamaš₂ GUB IGI AGA a-pir

‘Month IV, (day) 1 (which followed day 30 of the preceding month), NA (= time from sunset to moonset) was 27 (UŠ), it (Sin) appeared while Šamaš was present, it was covered with a crown.’

— BM 47725 (ADRT I -381B) X ii 7'

Genre: astronomical diary Provenance: Babylon Date: 382 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. 82-83


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). AGA (Lemma #510). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/510/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). AGA (Lemma #510). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/510/

MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). AGA (Lemma #510). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/510/

Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) AGA (Lemma #510), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/510/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac510,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {AGA ({Lemma} #510)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/510/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/510/},
}