ME.A
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Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-01-26
Primary meaning acronychal rising
Literal translation daylight ...
Variants
ME.A ?
Edited by
acronychal rising synodic phenomenon

In procedure texts

TA ME.A EN 30 ME 7.30 ZI-šu₂

‘From daylight rising until 30 days its displacement is (0);7,30.’

— BM 41043 obv. 5

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

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). ME.A (Lemma #1758). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1758/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). ME.A (Lemma #1758). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1758/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). ME.A (Lemma #1758). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1758/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) ME.A (Lemma #1758), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1758/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1758,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ME.{A} ({Lemma} #1758)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1758/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1758/},
}