EN.NUN
maṣṣartu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-11-03
Primary meaning watch
Literal translation watch
Variants
EN.NUN maṣṣartu may also be read naṣāru, with the same meaning
Edited by
watch observational practice

EN.NUN ša₂ gi-ne₂-e ša₂ TA ITU.⸢NE⸣ [EN TIL] ⸢ITU⸣.APIN ša₂ MU 1 ME 43.⸢KAM₂⸣ [m.an-ti-ʾu]-uk-su LUGAL

‘Regular watch from month V [to the end of] month VIII of year 1 hundred 43, king Antiochus.’

— BM 41581 (ADRT II No. -168A) rev. 22'

Genre: astronomical diary
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 169 BCE

Sachs, A. J., Hunger, H. 1989. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. II: Diaries from 261 B.C. to 165 B.C. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 476-477

watch unit of time
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). EN.NUN (Lemma #516). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/516/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). EN.NUN (Lemma #516). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/516/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). EN.NUN (Lemma #516). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/516/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) EN.NUN (Lemma #516), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/516/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac516,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {EN.{NUN} ({Lemma} #516)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/516/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/516/},
}