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1. disk
1.a disk celestial object
used for lunar or solar disk in astronomical diaries and mathematical astronomy
ki-i TAB-u₂ ina 20 ME 2-ta ŠU.2 ḪAB-rat GAR-an
‘When it (the solar eclipse) began in 20 (UŠ) of daytime it made two thirds of the disk.’
(10') NIM u SIG ša₂ ḪAB AN.MI (11') A.RA₂ 20 DU ina NIM (12') KI 17.24 TAB ina SIG (13') ZI
‘(10') The height and depth of the disk of the eclipse (11') you multiply by (0);20. When it is high (12') you add it with 17;24; when it is low (13') you tear it out.’
2. eclipse magnitude
2.a eclipse magnitude astronomical quantity
in mathematical astronomy
(11') ana tar-ṣa 1 : ŠU.SI ḪAB-rat ḫe-pit₂-tu₂ 1.⸢38⸣.2⸢4⸣ (12') NIM u SIG GAR-an ša₂ al 1 ḪAB-rat ḫe-pit₂-tu₂ LA₂ TA 1 LA₂ ša₂ TA[G₄ A.RA₂ 6 DU] (13') KI 1.38.24 NIM u SIG TAB-ma ana SIG NIM GAR-an
‘(11') Opposite 1 finger, the broken disk, you put 1,3[8];24 (12’) as the height and depth. That which is less than 1, the broken disk, you deduct from 1. What rem[ains you multiply by 6,] (13') add to 1,38;24, the ‘height and depth’, and you put it down as the depth, ascending.’
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). ḪAB-rat (Lemma #421). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/421/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). ḪAB-rat (Lemma #421). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/421/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). ḪAB-rat (Lemma #421). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/421/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) ḪAB-rat (Lemma #421), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/421/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac421,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
year = {2024},
title = {Ḫ{AB}-rat ({Lemma} #421)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/421/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/421/},
}