zīm ša libbi allutti

zi-im ša₂ ŠA₃ ALLA
Akkadian · noun
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2025-02-05
Meanings
Literal translation
the glow inside the crab
Categories
normal star
star
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USAN GENNA ana ⸢ŠU₂⸣ ina LA₂-šu₂ SIG zi-im ša₂ ŠA₃ ALLA 2 SI LAL₂

‘(Night of day 25 ...) first part of the night, Saturn, while moving back to the west, was balanced 2 fingers below the Glow inside the Crab.’

— Rm 792 + (ADRT III No. -322D) rev. 11

Genre: astronomical diary Provenance: Babylon Date: -323 BCE

Sachs, A. J., Hunger, H. 1988. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. I: Diaries from 652 B.C. to 262 B.C. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 214-215

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2025). zi-im ša₂ ŠA₃ ALLA (Lemma #454). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/454/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2025). zi-im ša₂ ŠA₃ ALLA (Lemma #454). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/454/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2025). zi-im ša₂ ŠA₃ ALLA (Lemma #454). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/454/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2025) zi-im ša₂ ŠA₃ ALLA (Lemma #454), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/454/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac454,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2025},
	title = {zi-im ša₂ Š{A}₃ {ALLA} ({Lemma} #454)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/454/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/454/},
}