ma-lak
mālaku

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-11-30
Primary meaning path
Literal translation path
Variants
ma-lak mālaku
Edited by
path spatial concept, astronomical term

DU₃-šu₂ ša₂ NIM u SIG ša₂ sin AB₂ ana AB₂ 12 DAGAL ma-lak ᵈsin 2.24 MURUB₄-ti qaq-qar ki-ṣa-ri

‘Procedure for Sin’s ‘height and depth’, month by month. The width of the path of Sin is 12 (UŠ). The central part, the region of the node, is 2,24 (barleycorns).’

— BM 32167+ (BMAPT No. 53) obv. i 20'

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text
Provenance: Babylon
Date: ca. 350-250 BCE

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer. 360-361

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). ma-lak (Lemma #590). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/590/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). ma-lak (Lemma #590). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/590/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). ma-lak (Lemma #590). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/590/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) ma-lak (Lemma #590), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/590/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac590,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {ma-lak ({Lemma} #590)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/590/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/590/},
}