DUR SIM.MAḪ
rikis šinūnūti

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-12-11
Primary meaning δεζ Piscium
Literal translation the ribbon of the swallow
Variants
DUR SIM.MAḪ rikis šinūnūti
DUR ša2 SIM.MAḪ rikis ša šinūnūti
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δεζ Piscium? star: normal star

Jones (2004) a13

( 6') ⸢MU 32⸣ SIG in EN 20 MUL₂.⸢BABBAR⸣ [ana NIM ki UŠ-u₂] (7') [x] KUŠ₃ SIG DUR SIM.MAḪ ⸢UŠ⸣ [...]

‘(6') Y[ear 3]2, month III, until around (day) 20, when Ju[piter became stationary to the east,] (7) it became stationary [...] cubits below the ribbon of the swallow [...]’

— BM 36308+ (ADRT V No. 72) obv. iii 6'-7'

Genre: astronomical diaries and related texts: planetary excerpt
Provenance: Babylon
Date: after 266 BCE

Hunger, H. 2001. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. V. Lunar and Planetary Texts. Vienna, Austria: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wis­senschaften. 300-301

DUR SIM.MAḪ 26?.[1]5 ŠE

‘The ribbon of the swallow: .. 26?;[1]5 (zodiac sign corresponding to) month XII.’

— BM 36609+ rev. iv 21'

Genre: astral compendium
Provenance: Babylon
Date: ca. 400-200 BCE

Roughton, N. A.; Steele, J. M.; and Walker, C. B. F. 2004 A Late Babylonian Normal and Ziqpu-Star Text. Archive for History of Exact Science 58: 537–572. 551


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). DUR SIM.MAḪ (Lemma #306). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/306/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). DUR SIM.MAḪ (Lemma #306). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/306/

MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). DUR SIM.MAḪ (Lemma #306). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/306/

Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) DUR SIM.MAḪ (Lemma #306), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/306/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac306,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {DUR {SIM}.{MA}Ḫ ({Lemma} #306)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/306/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/306/},
}