〈—〉 wnw.t ‘hour’
〈qa-tu-u₂〉 qatû ‘final’
〈χρόνος〉 chronos ‘time’
〈SIG〉 simānu ‘Simānu (month III)’
〈עֵת〉 ʿēt̲ ‘time’
si-man
simānu
Akkadian noun
Last edited: 2023-06-26| Primary meaning | time |
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| Literal translation | time |
| Variants | si-man simānu si-man-nu simannu |
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time astronomical quantity
ki si-man ša₂ GI₆ DU ⸢al-la LA₂ ša₂⸣ GI₆ DIRI ⸢LA₂ ša₂⸣ G[I₆ TA GI₆ DU NIM]
‘If the time by which the night has progressed exceeds the length of night you subtract the length of night [from] (the time by which) the night has progressed.’
6 KI si-man IGI-u₂ TAB
‘You add 6,(0) with the previous time.’
seasonal hour time interval
(4) 6 ina ZALAG₂ LU₂.TUR a-lid (5) ina si-man-ni-su sin ina SAG MAŠ.MAŠ
‘(4) (Day) 5, in the last part of the night, the child was born. (5) In his hour/time Sin was at the beginning of Gemini.’
(3) U₄ 22 ina 11 si-man LU₂.TUR a-lid (4) ina si-ma-ni-su sin ina SAG A šamaš₂ ina ⸢RIN₂⸣
‘(3) Day 22, in the 11th hour the child was born. (4) In its hour Sin was in the beginning of Leo, Šamaš in Libra.’
G astronomical quantity: moon system a, time of lunation (g)
(23') [TA 25.7.30 ḪUN EN 13 ABSIN0] (24') 57.3.45 TA si-man LA₂
‘(23') [From 25;7,30 Aries until 13 Virgo] (24') you subtract 57;3,45 from the time (= G).’
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). si-man (Lemma #260). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/260/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). si-man (Lemma #260). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/260/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). si-man (Lemma #260). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/260/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) si-man (Lemma #260), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/260/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac260,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
year = {2023},
title = {si-man ({Lemma} #260)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/260/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/260/},
}