mišlu

BAR
Akkadian · noun
Edited by: Marvin Schreiber
Last edited: 2024-06-24
Meanings
Literal translation
half
Categories
temporal expression
spatial expression
mathematical quantity
Related Lemmata 2 ›

1. half

1.a half temporal expression

iti.ŠE GE6 1[4 AN.GE6 30] | ina RIN2 TIL-tim GAR-a[n] | U4.28 AN.[GE6 20] | ina ḪUN BAR DIB

‘Month XII, night of the 1[4th a lunar eclipse,] | in Libra totality occurr[ed]. | On the 28th day an ecl[ipse of the sun] | in Aries, one-half (month) having passed (since the previous lunar eclipse).’

— BM 36620 (BH 14) 3-6

Genre: horoscope Provenance: Babylon Date: 3rd century BCE (date of birth in horoscope: 92 S.E. VII.12(?) = -219 Oct. 21)

Rochberg, F. 1998. Babylonian Horoscopes. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 88. 93

1.b half mathematical quantity

2. midpoint (midday, midnight, midyear)

2.a midpoint (midday, midnight, midyear) temporal expression

3. middle

3.a middle spatial expression
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). BAR (Lemma #1129). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1129/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2024). BAR (Lemma #1129). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1129/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). BAR (Lemma #1129). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1129/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2024) BAR (Lemma #1129), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1129/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1129,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2024},
	title = {BAR ({Lemma} #1129)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1129/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1129/},
}