kippatu

GAM
Akkadian · noun
variant kip-pat : kippat
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2023-11-01
Meanings
Literal translation
circle
Categories
astronomical quantity
mathematical figure
Related Lemmata 5 ›

1. eclipse magnitude

1.a eclipse magnitude astronomical quantity

GAM ana tar-ṣa UŠ ana UŠ ina ḪUN 46.40.51.40

‘The addition for the circle from the computed duration: (...)’

— BM 55545 (BMAPT No. 96) rev. 6

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

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

2. circle

2.a circle mathematical figure
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). GAM (Lemma #641). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/641/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). GAM (Lemma #641). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/641/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). GAM (Lemma #641). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/641/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) GAM (Lemma #641), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/641/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac641,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {GAM ({Lemma} #641)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/641/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/641/},
}