SAG.ME.GAR (#86) | ZODIAC Glossary

SAG.ME.GAR

Akkadian · noun

variants ᵈSAG.ME.GAR , mul.SAG.ME.GAR , mul₂.SAG.ME.GAR , ᵈSAG₃.ME.GAR

Edited by: Marvin Schreiber
Last edited: 2024-06-17

Meanings

1. Jupiter

Literal translation

1. Jupiter

1.a Jupiter planet

aš2-ša2 UD-1-KAM ša2 iti.BAR d.SAG3.ME.GAR KI 30 ŠU2-u2 UD-12 AN.GE6 30 GAR-nu 3.20 ša2 ina EŠ2.GAR3 iq-bu-u2 ana UD-20-KAM 3.20 UG7

‘Because Jupiter on the 1st day of month I set with the Moon, (and) on the 12th day the Moon made an eclipse, the king, as it is said in the series, on the 20th the king will die.’

— AO 6455 (TCL VI 11 = TU 11) obv. 14

Genre: collection of astrological and astronomical rules Provenance: Uruk Date: ca. 200 BCE

Brack-Bernsen, Lis, and Hunger, Hermann. 2002. TU 11. A Collection of Rules for the Prediction of Lunar Phases and of Month Lengths. SCIAMVS 3: 3–90. 8

[DIŠ 30 ina mul.UR.GU.LA AN.GE6] ⌈GAR⌉-ma EN.NUN ig-mur u IM SI.SA2 DU ina AN.GE₆-šu2 d.SAG.ME.GAR NU GUB mul.UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ u2-lu d.ṣal-bat-a-nu ina mul.lu2.ḪUN.GA2 u2-⌈lu⌉ [ina mul.PA.BIL.SAG] | [u2-lu ina] ⌈mul.AŠ.IKU⌉ GUB-iz KI.MIN ina AN.GE6-šu2 TUR3 NIGIN-ma mul.LUGAL ina ŠA3-šu2 GUB-iz

‘[If an eclipse] occurs [when the moon is in Leo], and the first watch finished and the north wind blows, in its eclipse Jupiter does not stand, Saturn or Mars stand in Aries or [Sagittarius] | [or in] Pisces; Ditto: during its eclipse the moon is surrounded by a lunar halo and the King-star stands in it.’

— VAT 7847+AO 6448 obv. 1-2

Genre: microzodiac text Provenance: Uruk Date: early 2nd cent BCE

Weidner, E., 1967. Gestirn-Darstellungen auf babylonischen Tontafeln. Wien: Hermann Böhlaus Nachf. 15

Cite this entry

APA (7th)

Schreiber, M. (2024). SAG.ME.GAR (Lemma #86). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/86/

Chicago (Author-Date)

Schreiber, M. (2024). SAG.ME.GAR (Lemma #86). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/86/

MLA (9th)

Schreiber, M. (2024). SAG.ME.GAR (Lemma #86). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/86/

Harvard

Schreiber, M. (2024) SAG.ME.GAR (Lemma #86), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/86/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac86,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2024},
	title = {SAG.{ME}.{GAR} ({Lemma} #86)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/86/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/86/},
}