ḪA.LA
zittu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-07-03
Primary meaning micro-sign
Literal translation share
Variants
ḪA.LA zittu
Edited by
share common noun
micro-sign astrological concept

Portion of a zodiacal sign

[3]0 U4.MEŠ 1 DANNA šu-u2 2 ½ u4-mu a-na 1-en ḪA.LA ŠID-ma 12 UZU.MEŠ ḪA.LA ša2 mul2.lu2.ḪUN.GA2 ip-pal-ka

‘30 days are 1 bēru (= 30°); you count 2 1/2 days for one portion, and 12 'limbs', portion(s) of Aries, it gives you.’

— AO 6483 (TCL 6 14 = TU 14) 10'-11'

Genre: horoscopic astrology
Provenance: Uruk
Date: 250-150 BCE

Sachs, A., 1952. Babylonian Horoscopes, Journal of Cuneiform Studies 6: 49-75.

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). ḪA.LA (Lemma #463). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/463/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2023). ḪA.LA (Lemma #463). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/463/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). ḪA.LA (Lemma #463). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/463/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2023) ḪA.LA (Lemma #463), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/463/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac463,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2023},
	title = {Ḫ{A}.{LA} ({Lemma} #463)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/463/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/463/},
}