GAM
kippatu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-11-01
Primary meaning eclipse magnitude
Literal translation circle
Variants
GAM kippatu
kip-pat kippat status constructus
Edited by
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.

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: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac641,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {GAM ({Lemma} #641)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/641/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/641/},
}