KIN.KIN
šite'û

Akkadian verb

Last edited: 2023-10-30
Primary meaning to investigate
Literal translation to investigate
Variants
KIN.KIN šite'û
Edited by
to investigate verb of visual perception

šum4-ma EŠ.BAR 3.20 ana IGI-ka ša2 d.UDU.IDIM.MEŠ ina lu-maš KIN.KIN-ma

‘In order for you to see an ominous decision about the king, you investigate the planets within the (zodiacal) constellations.’

— AO 6455 (TCL VI 11 = TU 11) rev. 37

Genre: collection of astrological and astronomical rules
Provenance: Uruk
Date: ca. 200 BCE

Brack-Bernsen, Lis, and Hunger, Hermann. 2002. TU 11. A Collection of Rules for the Prediction of Lunar Phases and of Month Lengths. SCIAMVS 3: 3–90. 12

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). KIN.KIN (Lemma #1265). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1265/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2023). KIN.KIN (Lemma #1265). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1265/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). KIN.KIN (Lemma #1265). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1265/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2023) KIN.KIN (Lemma #1265), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1265/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1265,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2023},
	title = {KIN.{KIN} ({Lemma} #1265)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1265/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1265/},
}