Akkadian noun
Last edited: 2024-12-11| Primary meaning | east |
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| Literal translation | rising |
| Variants | NIM ṣītu (or a derivation)? GIŠ.NIM ṣītu (or a derivation)? means "east"; rare variant attested in early Seleucid astronomical procedure text BM 41004 ("atypical astronomical Text E"). Akkadian reading unclear (see discussion in Neugebauer & Sachs 1967, 213) |
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ina 30 MU.MEŠ 7.20 KI-šu₂ ana GIŠ.NIM DIB
‘In 30 years its (Saturn's) position passes 7;20 to the east.’
〈KUR ša₂ NIM〉 napāḫu/nipḫu ša x ‘Morning First’
〈ina NIM ŠU₂〉 ina ... rabû ‘Morning Last’
〈ina NIM IGI〉 ina ... nanmuru ‘Morning First’
〈GIŠ.NIM〉 ṣītān ‘east’
〈ina NIM UŠ〉 ina NIM nenmudu ‘morning station’
〈NIM〉 šūqu ‘distance above ecliptic’
〈NIM〉 šaqû ‘to ascend’
〈קָדִים〉 qād̲îm ‘east’
〈KUR〉 šadû ‘east’
〈ᵈUTU.E₃.A〉 ṣīt Šamši ‘East’
〈oriens〉 ‘east’
〈מִזְרָח〉 mizrāḥ ‘east’
〈קֶדֶם〉 qed̲em ‘east’
〈ἀνατολή〉 anatolē ‘diurnal rising’
@misc{zodiac1287,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
year = {2024},
title = {NIM ({Lemma} #1287)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1287/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1287/},
}