SAG.UŠ
kajamānu

Akkadian adjective

Last edited: 2023-07-25
Primary meaning Saturn
Literal translation normal, regular, usual, steady
Variants
SAG.UŠ kajamānu
GENNA kajamānu
d.GENNA kajamānu
d.SAG.UŠ kajamānu
mul.UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ kajamānu
d.UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ kajamānu
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Saturn planet

lu2.TUR a-lid-ma d.SAG.ME.GAR E3-ma d.GENNA ŠU2 LU2 BI SIG5-iq EN DU11-šu2 UG7

‘If a child is born when Jupiter comes forth and Saturn sets, it will go excellently with that man; his personal enemy will die.’

— AO 6483 (TCL 6 14 = TU 14) rev. 9

Genre: horoscopic astrology
Provenance: Uruk
Date: 250-150 BCE

Sachs, A., 1952. Babylonian Horoscopes, Journal of Cuneiform Studies 6: 49-75.

[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 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

normal, regular, usual, steady adjective
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). SAG.UŠ (Lemma #97). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/97/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2023). SAG.UŠ (Lemma #97). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/97/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). SAG.UŠ (Lemma #97). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/97/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2023) SAG.UŠ (Lemma #97), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/97/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac97,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2023},
	title = {SAG.{U}Š ({Lemma} #97)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/97/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/97/},
}