ME NIM.A
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Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-11-01
Primary meaning time since sunrise
Literal translation day (since) rising (of sun)
Variants
u₄-me ša₂ NIM.A ūmu ša NIM.A
ME NIM.A ?
NIM ? rare abbreviation of ME NIM.A
ME NIM ? used in lunar system B for time of lunation for lunations between sunrise and noon
Edited by
time since sunrise time interval

time between sunrise and a moment usually before noon

(21) 2 (22) A.RA₂ 2.30 5 DANNA u₄-me ša₂ NIM.A DU-ma

‘(21) 2 (22) you multiply by 2,30, (i.e.) 5 bēru, the time since sunrise (to New Moon), it is 5.’

— BM 32167+ (BMAPT No. 53) rev. ii 21-22

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text
Provenance: Babylon
Date: ca. 350-250 BCE

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

GAN 23 3 UŠ NIM

‘Month IX, (day) 23, 3 UŠ (time from) sunrise’

— BM 36731 obv. ii' 14'

Genre: mathematical astronomy: table of solstices, equinoxes, sirius phenomena
Provenance: Babylon
Date: ca. 450-50 BCE

Neugebauer, O., Sachs, A. 1967, Atypical Astronomical Cuneiform Texts I, Journal of Cuneiform Studies 21, 183-218 183-190

28 50 ME NIM

‘(Day) 28, 50 (UŠ time after) sunrise’

— BM 34066+ (ACT No. 120) obv. 3 col. M (= time of New Moon)

Genre: mathematical astronomy: synodic table
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 2nd century BCE

Neugebauer, Otto, 1955, Astronomical Cuneiform Texts

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). ME NIM.A (Lemma #348). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/348/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). ME NIM.A (Lemma #348). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/348/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). ME NIM.A (Lemma #348). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/348/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) ME NIM.A (Lemma #348), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/348/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac348,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {ME {NIM}.{A} ({Lemma} #348)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/348/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/348/},
}