〈NIM〉 ? ‘east’
〈ἑῷα φάσις〉 heōia phasis ‘morning visibility’
KUR ša₂ NIM
napāḫu/nipḫu ša x
Akkadian noun
Last edited: 2023-10-11| Primary meaning | Morning First |
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| Literal translation | eastern rising |
| Variants | KUR ša₂ NIM napāḫu/nipḫu ša x Akkadian reading of NIM uncertain (elî?) |
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Morning First synodic phenomenon
[M]U ana MU ŠU₂ ša₂ ŠU₂ u KUR ša₂ NIM
‘Year by year, western setting and eastern rising.’
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). KUR ša₂ NIM (Lemma #216). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/216/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). KUR ša₂ NIM (Lemma #216). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/216/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). KUR ša₂ NIM (Lemma #216). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/216/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) KUR ša₂ NIM (Lemma #216), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/216/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac216,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
year = {2023},
title = {KUR ša₂ {NIM} ({Lemma} #216)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/216/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/216/},
}