zi-im ša₂ ŠA₃ ALLA
zīm ša libbi allutti

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2025-02-05
Primary meaning Praesepe (Beehive Cluster)
Literal translation the glow inside the crab
Variants
zi-im ša₂ ŠA₃ ALLA zīm ša libbi allutti
Edited by
Praesepe (Beehive Cluster) star: normal star

Jones (2004) a4. Rarely used

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: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac454,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	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/},
}