DIM₄
sanāqu

Akkadian verb

Last edited: 2023-06-26
Primary meaning to come near
Literal translation to come near
Variants
DIM₄ sanāqu
Edited by
to come near verb of motion

(30) GE₆ 2 ina ZALAG₂ dele-bat SIG GIR₃ ar₂ ša₂ A (31) ⸢2⸣ SI DIM₄

‘(30) Night of (day) 2, last part of the night, Venus came near 2 fingers below the rear foot of the lion.’

— BM 35070+ (ADRT III No. -132B) obv. 30-31

Genre: astronomical diary
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 133 BCE

Sachs, A. J., Hunger, H. 1996. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. III. Diaries from 164 B.C. to 61 B.C. Vienna, Austria: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 214-215

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). DIM₄ (Lemma #440). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/440/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). DIM₄ (Lemma #440). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/440/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). DIM₄ (Lemma #440). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/440/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) DIM₄ (Lemma #440), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/440/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac440,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {DIM₄ ({Lemma} #440)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/440/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/440/},
}