šaplâtu

KI.TA
Akkadian · noun
variant šap-lat : šaplâtu
Edited by: Marvin Schreiber
Last edited: 2024-07-29
Meanings
Literal translation
lower part
Categories
spatial concept
Related Lemmata 4 ›

1. lower part

1.a 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

2. netherworld

2.a 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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1295,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2024},
	title = {KI.{TA} ({Lemma} #1295)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1295/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1295/},
}