napāḫ Šamaš

KUR šamaš₂
Akkadian · noun
variants KUR : ? , ana KUR šamaš₂ : ana napāḫ Šamaš
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2024-07-15
Meanings
Literal translation
rising of Šamaš
Categories
time interval
Related Lemmata 1 ›

1. time until sunrise

1.a time until sunrise time interval

time interval from a moment after midnight until sunrise. A rare synonym is mūšu ana namāri.

29 1.36 KUR šamaš2

‘(day) 29, 1,36 (UŠ before) sunrise’

— BM 45849+ (ACT No. 123a) obv. 11 col. M (= time of New Moon)

Genre: mathematical astronomy: synodic table Provenance: Babylon Date: 2nd century BCE

Neugebauer ACT

(36) 6 DANNA LA₂ ša₂ ME ⸢ša₂⸣ ITI.ŠE U₄.28.KAM 3 6 DANNA ina 4.30 9 DANNA (37) E₁₁ 1.30 ana KUR šamaš₂ re-ḫi 1.30 ina 6 12 DANNA E₁₁-ma 4.30 IB₂.TAG₄ (38) U₄.28.KAM 4.30 ⸢ME⸣ NIM.A ana KUR E.A GAR-an

‘(36) The length of daylight for the 28th of month XII is 6 beru. You deduct 3,0 (UŠ i.e.) 6 bēru, from 4,30 (UŠ , i.e.) 9 bēru , (37) 1,30 (UŠ) until sunrise remains. You deduct 1,30 (UŠ) from 6,0 (UŠ, i.e.) 12 bēru, 4,30 is the remainder (38) for day 28. You put down 4,30 (UŠ) as the time (from New Moon) to sunrise in order to predict KUR.’

— BM 32167+ (BMAPT No. 53) rev. ii 35-38

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

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

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). KUR šamaš₂ (Lemma #1267). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1267/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). KUR šamaš₂ (Lemma #1267). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1267/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). KUR šamaš₂ (Lemma #1267). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1267/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) KUR šamaš₂ (Lemma #1267), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1267/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1267,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {KUR šamaš₂ ({Lemma} #1267)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1267/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1267/},
}