ḫarrānu

KASKAL

Akkadian · noun

Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2023-06-26

Meanings

1. path

Literal translation

path

1. path

1.a 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.’

— BM 35739 (BMAPT No. 99) side X ii' 3-5

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text Provenance: Babylon Date: ca. 400-50 BCE

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer 513

(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.’

— AO 6478 obv. 2

Genre: star list Provenance: Uruk Date: ca. 200 BCE

Thureau-Dangin 1913, 'Distances entres étoiles fixes d'après une tablette de l'époque Séleucides', RA 10, 215-225

Cite this entry

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: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac588,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {KASKAL ({Lemma} #588)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/588/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/588/},
}