šapālu

SIG
Akkadian · verb
variant BUR₃ : šapālu
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2023-09-18
Meanings
Literal translation
to be low
Categories
motion
position
Related Lemmata 2 ›

1. to be below the ecliptic

1.a to be below the ecliptic 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.’

— BM 41004 obv. 10

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text Provenance: Babylon

Brack-Bernsen & Hunger 2005/6, AfO 51, 96-107

2. to be low

2.a to be low position

3. to descend

3.a to descend motion

4. to become low

4.a to become low motion
Cite this entry
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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac124,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {SIG ({Lemma} #124)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/124/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/124/},
}