ṣītān

GIŠ.NIM
Akkadian · adverb
Edited by: Marvin Schreiber
Last edited: 2025-02-11
Meanings
Literal translation
at the rising (of the sun)
Categories
cardinal direction
Related Lemmata 9 ›

1. east

1.a east cardinal direction

DIŠ ina iti.AB U4 15 KAM mul.SIM.MAḪ mul.ši-nu-nu-tu4 mul.IM.ŠEŠ | ina GIŠ.NIM IGI.LA2

‘¶ On the 15th day of Month X SIM.MAḪ, (i.e.) the Swallow (or) IM.ŠEŠ, | becomes visible in the east.’

— BM 86378 iii 7-8

Genre: schematic astronomy: mulapin Provenance: ? Date: ca. 626-539 BCE

Hunger, H. and Steele, J., 2019. The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN. London and New York: Routledge. 51

ina 30 MU.MEŠ 7.20 KI-šu₂ ana GIŠ.NIM DIB

‘In 30 years its (Saturn's) position passes to the east by 7;20 (UŠ).’

— BM 41004 rev. 15

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text Provenance: Babylon

Brack-Bernsen & Hunger 2005/6, AfO 51, 96-107 100

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APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2025). GIŠ.NIM (Lemma #1569). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1569/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2025). GIŠ.NIM (Lemma #1569). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1569/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2025). GIŠ.NIM (Lemma #1569). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1569/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2025) GIŠ.NIM (Lemma #1569), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1569/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1569,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2025},
	title = {GIŠ.{NIM} ({Lemma} #1569)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1569/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1569/},
}