〈—〉 mỉ.t ‘path’
〈ma-lak〉 mālaku ‘path’
〈cursus〉 ‘path’
〈δρόμος〉 dromos ‘path’
〈traiectio〉 ‘path’
KASKAL
ḫarrānu
Akkadian noun
Last edited: 2023-06-26| Primary meaning | path |
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| Literal translation | path |
| Variants | KASKAL ḫarrānu |
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path spatial concept
(3) ⸢ina 20⸣ NINDA (4) šal-šu₂ ḪAB-rat sin al (5) MURUB₄ KASKAL.2 NIM
‘(3) In 20 nindanu, (4) a third of the disk, Sin ascends above (5) the middle of the path.’
(2) bi-rit MUL.MEŠ ša₂ ziq-pi ša i-na KASKAL šu-ut d.en-lil₂ i-na MURUB4 [AN-e] (3) IGI-et GABA ša₂ URU3-ir AN-e GUB.MEŠ-zu-ma SAR-ḫi u₃ [ŠU₂] (4) šu-ut MUL.MEŠ i-na lib₃-bi-šu-nu [im-ma-ru]
‘(2) The distance of the ziqpu (stars) which stand in the path of Enlil in the middle of the sky in (3) front of the breast of the observer of the sky and with which he observes the risings and the settings (4) of the stars at night.’
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). KASKAL (Lemma #588). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/588/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). KASKAL (Lemma #588). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/588/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). KASKAL (Lemma #588). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/588/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) KASKAL (Lemma #588), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/588/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac588,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
year = {2023},
title = {KASKAL ({Lemma} #588)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/588/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/588/},
}