〈SIG〉 šuplu ‘distance below ecliptic’
〈KI.TA〉 šaplâtu ‘lower part’
SIG
šapālu
Akkadian verb
Last edited: 2023-09-18| Primary meaning | to be below the ecliptic |
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| Literal translation | to be low |
| Variants | SIG šapālu BUR3 šapālu |
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to be below the ecliptic verb of motion
ina 9 MU.MEŠ NIM ina 9 MU.MEŠ i-šap-pil
‘In 9 years it goes up, in 9 years it goes down.’
to be low verb of position
to descend verb of motion
to become low verb of motion
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). SIG (Lemma #124). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/124/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). SIG (Lemma #124). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/124/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). SIG (Lemma #124). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/124/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) SIG (Lemma #124), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/124/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac124,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
year = {2023},
title = {SIG ({Lemma} #124)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/124/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/124/},
}