ZI
nasāḫu

Akkadian verb

Last edited: 2023-11-09
Primary meaning to move
Literal translation to move
Variants
ZI nasāḫu ZI is used for "to move"
ZAL nasāḫu ZAL is used for "to pass"
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to move verb of 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


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: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac164,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {ZI ({Lemma} #164)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/164/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/164/},
}