IGI
nanmurtu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-12-11
Primary meaning first appearance
Literal translation appearance
Variants
IGI nanmurtu
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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: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac217,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {IGI ({Lemma} #217)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/217/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/217/},
}