〈velox〉 ‘swift’
TAB
ḫamāṭu
Akkadian verb
Last edited: 2024-06-24| Primary meaning | to be early |
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| Literal translation | to be fast |
| Variants | ḫamāṭu TAB ḫamāṭu |
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to be early verb of motion
DIŠ 30 iḫ-mu-ṭam-ma 20 uš-tap-pa-a x […]
‘If the Moon has come too soon and the sun (still) shines [...]’
DIŠ 30 TAB-ma ba-ra-ri it-ta-ʾ-dar AN.GI₆ LUGAL URI.ki
‘If the Moon is early and it darkens at the time of the evening watch the eclipse (affects) the king of akkad’
APA (7th)
Pilloni, A. (2024). TAB (Lemma #681). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/681/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Pilloni, A. (2024). TAB (Lemma #681). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/681/
MLA (9th)
Pilloni, A. (2024). TAB (Lemma #681). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/681/
Harvard
Pilloni, A. (2024) TAB (Lemma #681), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/681/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac681,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
author = {Pilloni, Alessia},
year = {2024},
title = {TAB ({Lemma} #681)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/681/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/681/},
}