SAG.KI GU₄
pūt alpi

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-06-26
Primary meaning trapezoid
Literal translation head of ox
Variants
SAG.KI GU₄ pūt alpi
Edited by
trapezoid mathematical figure

1-en SAG.KI GU₄ ša₂ 12 SAG [GAL]

‘One trapezoid of which the large side is (0);12.’

— BM 34081+ (BMAPT No. 18) obv. i 20'

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text
Provenance: Babylon
Date: ca. 250-50 BCE

Ossendrijver, M. 2016, Ancient Babylonian astronomers calculated Jupiters position from the area under a time-velocity graph, Science, 351, 482-484

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). SAG.KI GU₄ (Lemma #677). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/677/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). SAG.KI GU₄ (Lemma #677). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/677/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). SAG.KI GU₄ (Lemma #677). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/677/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) SAG.KI GU₄ (Lemma #677), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/677/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac677,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {SAG.{KI} {GU}₄ ({Lemma} #677)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/677/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/677/},
}