GI
šalāmu

Akkadian verb

Last edited: 2024-07-15
Primary meaning to be/become intact
Literal translation to be/become intact
Variants
GI šalāmu
Edited by
to be/become intact astronomical term

used in connection with periodic phenomena

ina 8 MU.MEŠ ŠU₂ u₃ IGI GI

‘In 8 years the setting and the appearance (of Venus) become ‘intact’.’

— BM 33552 (BMAPT No. 9) rev. 18

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text
Provenance: Babylon
Date: ca. 400-50 BCE

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer. 224

See also

〈GI〉 šullumu ‘to complete’

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). GI (Lemma #1083). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1083/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). GI (Lemma #1083). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1083/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). GI (Lemma #1083). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1083/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) GI (Lemma #1083), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1083/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1083,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {GI ({Lemma} #1083)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1083/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1083/},
}