AGA
agû

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-06-03
Primary meaning earthshine
Literal translation crown
Variants
AGA agû
Edited by
earthshine celestial phenomenon

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: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac510,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {AGA ({Lemma} #510)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/510/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/510/},
}