nasāḫu

ZI
Akkadian · verb
variant ZAL : nasāḫu
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2023-11-09
Meanings
Literal translation
to move
Categories
motion
astronomical term
Related Lemmata 8 ›

1. to move

1.a to move motion

30 ME ina IGI-at ŠU₂-šu₂ ša₂ ME 6 ZI-ma ŠU₂

‘30 days before its setting it (Saturn) moves (0);6 per day, then it sets.’

— AO 6477 (BMAPT No. 42) rev. 12

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text Provenance: Uruk Date: ca. 200 BCE

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer 312-315

2. to pass

2.a to pass astronomical term

said of time

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). ZI (Lemma #164). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/164/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). ZI (Lemma #164). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/164/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). ZI (Lemma #164). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/164/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) ZI (Lemma #164), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/164/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac164,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {ZI ({Lemma} #164)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/164/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/164/},
}