KI.TA
šaplâtu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-07-29
Primary meaning lower part
Literal translation lower part
Variants
KI.TA šaplâtu
šap-lat šaplâtu
Edited by
lower part spatial concept

i-nu-šu2 30 šap-lat SI GIR2.TAB

‘At that time, the moon was below the Horn of the Scorpion.’

— AB 251 (BH 2) obv. 3

Genre: horoscope
Provenance: Babylon?
Date: 3rd century BCE (date of birth in horoscope: [Darius II Year 14].I.14 = -409 April 29)

Rochberg, F. 1998. Babylonian Horoscopes. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 88. 56

netherworld spatial concept
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). KI.TA (Lemma #1295). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1295/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2024). KI.TA (Lemma #1295). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1295/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). KI.TA (Lemma #1295). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1295/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2024) KI.TA (Lemma #1295), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1295/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1295,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2024},
	title = {KI.{TA} ({Lemma} #1295)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1295/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1295/},
}