NINDA₂-at
middatu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-11-10
Primary meaning measure?
Literal translation measure
Variants
NINDA₂-at middat
Edited by
measure?

Rare term in astronomical texts. For discussion see Sachs and Neugebauer, 1956 ‘A procedure text concerning solar and lunar motion: BM 36712’, JCS 10, 131–136

NINDA₂-at AN-u₂

‘Measure(?) of heaven’

— BM 36712 (BMAPT No. 102) obv. 2'

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

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer 518-519

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). NINDA₂-at (Lemma #1513). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1513/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). NINDA₂-at (Lemma #1513). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1513/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). NINDA₂-at (Lemma #1513). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1513/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) NINDA₂-at (Lemma #1513), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1513/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1513,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {NINDA₂-at ({Lemma} #1513)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1513/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1513/},
}