DAGAL
rupšu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-07-01
Primary meaning width
Literal translation width
Variants
DAGAL rupšu
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width astronomical quantity

in mathematical astronomy: said of the path of the Moon and the planets

DU₃-šu₂ ša₂ NIM u SIG ša₂ sin AB₂ ana AB₂ 12 DAGAL ma-lak ᵈsin 2.24 MURUB₄-ti qaq-qar ki-ṣa-ri

‘Procedure for the Moon’s ‘height and depth’, month by month. The width of the path of the Moon is 12. The central part, the region of the node, is 2,24.’

— BM 32167+ (BMAPT No. 53) obv. i 20'

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text
Provenance: Babylon
Date: ca. 350-250 BCE

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

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). DAGAL (Lemma #1668). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1668/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). DAGAL (Lemma #1668). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1668/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). DAGAL (Lemma #1668). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1668/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) DAGAL (Lemma #1668), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1668/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1668,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {DAGAL ({Lemma} #1668)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1668/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1668/},
}