Pabilsag

mul.PA.BIL.SAG
Akkadian · noun
variant PA : Pabilsag
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2023-07-12
Meanings
Literal translation
Pabilsag
Categories
zodiac sign
constellation
Related Lemmata 10 ›

1. Sagittarius

1.a Sagittarius zodiac sign

(9') ina GIR₂ u PA 1 ⸢TAB⸣ (10') ša₂ al 30 PA DIRI (11') A.RA₂ 1.30 D[U]

‘In Scorpio and Sagittarius you add 1,(0), (the amount) by which it exceeds 30 Sagittarius you multiply by 1;30.’

— BM 33048 (BMAPT No. 43) Rev.(?) i' 9'-11'

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text Provenance: Babylon Date: ca. 350-50 BCE

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

2. Pabilsag

2.a Pabilsag constellation
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). mul.PA.BIL.SAG (Lemma #119). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/119/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). mul.PA.BIL.SAG (Lemma #119). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/119/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). mul.PA.BIL.SAG (Lemma #119). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/119/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) mul.PA.BIL.SAG (Lemma #119), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/119/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac119,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {mul.{PA}.{BIL}.{SAG} ({Lemma} #119)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/119/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/119/},
}