〈θέσις〉 thesis ‘position’
〈τόπος〉 topos ‘place’
〈spatium〉 ‘position’
〈positio〉 ‘position’
〈sedes〉 ‘position’
〈statio〉 ‘position’
〈μῆκος〉 mēkos ‘longitude’
KI
qaqqaru
Akkadian noun
Last edited: 2023-09-19| Primary meaning | position |
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| Literal translation | position |
| Variants | KI qaqqaru qaq-qar qaqqaru |
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zodiacal longitude spatial concept
KI sin u KI šamaš₂ GAR ZI ša₂ sin is-suḫ TA KI s[in LA₂]
‘You put down the position of Sin and the position of Šamaš. The displacement of Sin you [subtract] from the position of Sin.’
(1) dil-b]at TA muḫ-ḫi UŠ ⸢ar₂⸣-tu₂ ina 2.⸢8⸣ [ME] (2) 2.8 ⸢KI⸣ DU
‘Dilbat (= Venus). From the second station in 2,8 [days] the position proceeds (by) 2,8.’
position spatial concept
region spatial concept
DU₃-šu₂ ša₂ NIM u SIG ša₂ sin AB₂ ana AB₂ 12 DAGAL ma-lak ᵈsin 2.24 MURUB₄-ti qaq-qar ki-ṣa-ri
‘’ Procedure for Sin’s ‘height and depth’, month by month. The width of the path of Sin is 12. The middle part, the region of the node, is 2,24.’
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). KI (Lemma #120). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/120/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). KI (Lemma #120). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/120/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). KI (Lemma #120). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/120/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) KI (Lemma #120), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/120/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac120,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
year = {2023},
title = {KI ({Lemma} #120)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/120/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/120/},
}