nanmurtu

IGI
Akkadian · noun
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2024-12-11
Meanings
Literal translation
appearance
Categories
synodic phenomenon
Related Lemmata 8 ›

1. first appearance

1.a first appearance synodic phenomenon

said of planets and stars

IGI ana IGI TA 25 MAŠ.MAŠ EN 30 GIR₂.TAB 30 TAB

‘Appearance to appearance: from 25 Gemini until 30 Scorpio you add 30.’

— BM 34081+ (BMAPT No. 18) obv. i 8

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text Provenance: Babylon Date: ca. 250-50 BCE

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

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). IGI (Lemma #217). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/217/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). IGI (Lemma #217). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/217/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). IGI (Lemma #217). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/217/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) IGI (Lemma #217), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/217/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac217,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {IGI ({Lemma} #217)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/217/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/217/},
}