BAL
palû

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-06-24
Primary meaning period
Literal translation turn
Variants
BAL palû
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period astronomical quantity

ša₂ AN 4.44 MU.MEŠ ⸢2.13 x?⸣ IGI.MEŠ 2.31 BAL.MEŠ 15.6 KI DU

‘For Mars. 4,44 years, 2,[1]3 ...? appearances, 2,31 turns, the position proceeds 15,6,(0).’

— BM 34676 (BMAPT No. 13) rev. 33'

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text
Provenance: Babylon
Date: ca. 350-50 BCE

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer. 232-233

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). BAL (Lemma #574). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/574/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). BAL (Lemma #574). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/574/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). BAL (Lemma #574). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/574/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) BAL (Lemma #574), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/574/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac574,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {BAL ({Lemma} #574)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/574/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/574/},
}