al
alla

Akkadian preposition

Last edited: 2024-06-24
Primary meaning beyond
Literal translation beyond
Variants
al alla Abbr. in Late Babylonian astro. text.
al-la alla
Edited by
beyond, over and above, (more, or less) than preposition

iti.KIN 13 KI ŠU2 20 | AN.GE6 30 al šal ḪAB-rat | DIRI GAR-an ad2 E3-a | ina ZIB.ME

‘Month VI, the 13th, with the setting of the sun | a lunar eclipse, exceeding 1/3 of the disk, | occured; (the moon) was darkly when it rose | in Pisces.’

— BM 38104 (BH 27) 5-8

Genre: horoscope
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 1st century BCE (date of birth in horoscope: 243 S.E. I.20 = -68 Apr.16)

Rochberg, F. 1998. Babylonian Horoscopes. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 88. 137

[iti.NE 14.KAM AN.GE6 30] | ina ZIB.ME al-la 2-ta [ŠU.2.MEŠ] | ḪAB-rat DIR GAR-an

‘[Month V, on the 14th, a lunar eclipse] | in Pisces, beyond two-[thirds] | of the disk it (the moon) made.’

— BM 33018 (BH 21) rev. 1-3

Genre: horoscope
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 2nd century BCE (date of birth in horoscope: S.E. 187 VI.22 = -124 Oct. 1)

Rochberg, F. 1998. Babylonian Horoscopes. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 88. 117

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APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). al (Lemma #1128). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1128/
Chicago (Author-Date)
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MLA (9th)
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BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1128,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2024},
	title = {al ({Lemma} #1128)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1128/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1128/},
}