IZI.ŠUB
miqit(ti) išâti

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-06-26
Primary meaning lightning strike
Literal translation fall of fire
Variants
IZI.ŠUB miqit(ti) išâti
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lightning strike meteorological phenomenon

⸢ITU BI U₄⸣ 13 IZI.ŠUB ina KI-ti₃ TIN.TIR.⸢KI⸣

‘That month, (on day) 13, a fall of fire in the district of Tintir.’

— BM 34938+ (ADRT II No. -197C) rev. 5

Genre: astronomical diary
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 198 BCE

Sachs, A. J., Hunger, H. 1989. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. II: Diaries from 261 B.C. to 165 B.C. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 248-249

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). IZI.ŠUB (Lemma #515). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/515/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). IZI.ŠUB (Lemma #515). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/515/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). IZI.ŠUB (Lemma #515). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/515/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) IZI.ŠUB (Lemma #515), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/515/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac515,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {IZI.Š{UB} ({Lemma} #515)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/515/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/515/},
}