SAG
rēšu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-06-26
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SAG rēšu
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beginning spatial expression

said of zodiac signs and constellations

7 dil-bat ina NIM ina SAG LU

‘The 7th, Venus’ last appearance in the east in the beginning of Aries.’

— BM 32333+32420 (ADRT I No. -375C) rev. 6'

Genre: astronomical diary
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 376 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.

beginning temporal expression

GE₆ ⸢7⸣ SAG GE₆ sin ar₂ MUL₂ ar₂ ša₂ SUḪUR.MAŠ₂ 1 KUŠ₃ sin 1 KUŠ₃ ana SI ⸢NIM⸣

‘Night of (day) 7, beginning of the night, Sin was 1 cubit behind the rear star of the goat-fish, Sin being 1 cubit high to the north.’

— BM 32839+ (ADRT III No. -141F) obv. 12'

Genre: astronomical diary
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 142 BCE

Sachs, A. J., Hunger, H. 1996. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. III. Diaries from 164 B.C. to 61 B.C. Vienna, Austria: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 126-127

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). SAG (Lemma #545). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/545/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). SAG (Lemma #545). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/545/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). SAG (Lemma #545). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/545/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) SAG (Lemma #545), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/545/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac545,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {SAG ({Lemma} #545)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/545/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/545/},
}