E ME
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Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-01-26
Primary meaning acronychal rising
Literal translation rising (to) daylight
Variants
E ME ? Attested in procedure texts.
Edited by
acronychal rising synodic phenomenon

(16') TA E ME ana UŠ ar₂-tu₂ (17') 13.15 KI GUR

‘(16') From rising (to) daylight to second station (17') the position turns back 13;15.’

— BM 34081+ (BMAPT No. 18) rev. ii 16'-17'

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). E ME (Lemma #312). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/312/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). E ME (Lemma #312). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/312/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). E ME (Lemma #312). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/312/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) E ME (Lemma #312), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/312/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac312,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {E {ME} ({Lemma} #312)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/312/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/312/},
}