lu-maš
lumāšu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-09-23
Primary meaning constellation
Literal translation constellation
Variants
lu-maš lumāšu
Edited by
constellation astronomical term, celestial object
zodiac sign astronomical term, astrological concept, spatial concept

TA ŠU₂ ana IGI ki IGI-im-ma ina lu-maš.MEŠ DU₃-uš

‘From setting to (first) appearance you compute as before in (all) zodiac signs.’

— BM 34676 (BMAPT No. 13) rev. 32'

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

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

(6) KI sin u KI šamaš₂ ša₂ al-la 10 lu-maš DIRI GAM0 16 DU KI BAR.NUN ša₂ l[u-maš] (7) ša₂-šu₂ ki TAB TAB ki LA₂ LA₂

‘The position of Sin and the position of Šamaš: that which exceeds 10 (UŠ) of the zodiac sign you multiply times 0;16, add with the ṣiliptu-coefficient for the zodiac sign if it is increasing, subtract if it is decreasing.’

— BM 35399 (BMAPT No. 61A) obv. 6-7

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

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

zodiacal position astronomical quantity

in mathematical astronomy

(11') [... TA 10] ⸢ABSIN₀⸣ EN 10 GIR₂ lu-maš A.RA₂ ⸢20⸣ [x] LA₂ ša₂ u₄-me DU

‘(11') [... From 10] Vir until 10 Sco you multiply the zodiacal position by (0);20 [...] the length of daylight.’

— BM 35564+ (BMAPT No. 79) obv. i' 11'

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

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer 458

šum-ma lu-maš 13 RIN₂

‘If the zodiacal position is 13 Libra.’

— BM 32167+ (BMAPT No. 53) obv. i 26'

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text
Provenance: Babylon
Date: ca. 350-250 BCE

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer. 360-361

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). lu-maš (Lemma #121). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/121/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). lu-maš (Lemma #121). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/121/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). lu-maš (Lemma #121). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/121/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) lu-maš (Lemma #121), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/121/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac121,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {lu-maš ({Lemma} #121)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/121/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/121/},
}