ZI
nisḫu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-06-26
Primary meaning displacement
Literal translation displacement
Variants
ZI nisḫu
nis-ḫu nisḫu
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displacement astronomical quantity

TA UŠ IGI 30 NINDA ZI-šu₂

‘From the first station its displacement is (0;)30 nindanu.’

— BM 41043 obv. 4

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text
Provenance: Babylon
Date: ca. 300-50 BCE

M. Ossendrijver, 2017, New results on a Babylonian scheme for Jupiter's motion along the zodiac, Journal of Near Eastern Studies 76, 231–247

ZI ša₂ šamaš₂ is-suḫ TA KI šamaš₂ LA₂

‘The displacement by which the Sun moved you subtract from the position of the Sun.’

— BM 55530 (BMAPT No. 61C) rev. 2

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

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

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). ZI (Lemma #161). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/161/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). ZI (Lemma #161). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/161/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). ZI (Lemma #161). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/161/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) ZI (Lemma #161), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/161/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac161,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {ZI ({Lemma} #161)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/161/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/161/},
}