Akkadian month Tashritu

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Akkadian month lunar month

The Akkadian month Tashritu is an ancient Mesopotamian lunar month whose name and timing influenced later calendars, including the Hebrew month of Tishrei.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Akkadian month Tashritu canonical 1
Tishreen (October in Arabic) 1

Statements (28)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Akkadian month ⓘ
lunar month ⓘ
associatedWith autumn equinox period ⓘ
basisFor later West Semitic month names related to Tishrei ⓘ
calendarPosition seventh month in some Mesopotamian calendar schemes ⓘ
calendarType lunisolar calendar ⓘ
correspondsRoughlyTo October ⓘ
September ⓘ
culture Mesopotamian ⓘ
follows Ululu ⓘ
hasAlternativeTransliteration Tashrītu ⓘ
Tašrītu ⓘ
hasEtymology Akkadian ⓘ
surface form: Akkadian language
hasMeaning beginning ⓘ
influenced Tishrei ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew month Tishrei

post-exilic Jewish calendar terminology ⓘ
linkedTo New Year festivals in Mesopotamia ⓘ
nameCognateOf Tishrei ⓘ
partOf ancient Mesopotamian calendar system ⓘ
precedes Arahsamna ⓘ
season autumn ⓘ
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
usedBy Assyrians ⓘ
Babylonians ⓘ
usedIn Babylonian calendar ⓘ
surface form: Akkadian calendar

Babylonian calendar ⓘ
writtenInScript cuneiform ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tishrei → nameOrigin → Akkadian month Tashritu ⓘ
Tishreen University → namedAfter → Akkadian month Tashritu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tishreen (October in Arabic)