ŠID
minûtu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-07-15
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ŠID minûtu
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number mathematical quantity

29.31.50.19.11.4.56 ŠID AB₂ KUR ina ZI MURUB₄ AB₂ a-na AB₂

‘29;31,50,19,11,4,56, the number (of days) of the month for (the Moon) reaching (the Sun) with the mean displacement, month by month.’

— BM 36705 (BMAPT No. 82) obv. 15'

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text
Provenance: Babylon
Date: ca. 350-50 BCE

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer 470-471

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). ŠID (Lemma #1309). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1309/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). ŠID (Lemma #1309). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1309/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). ŠID (Lemma #1309). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1309/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) ŠID (Lemma #1309), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1309/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1309,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {Š{ID} ({Lemma} #1309)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1309/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1309/},
}