DIŠ.U₄ ša šūqi

DIŠ.U₄ ša₂ NIM
Akkadian · noun
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2025-02-03
Meanings
Literal translation
(rising) to daylight? of height
Categories
astronomical quantity
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1. rising or setting time of moon's distance above ecliptic

1.a rising or setting time of moon's distance above ecliptic astronomical quantity

(12) ki DIŠ.U₄ ša₂ NIM al-la BE u BAR.NUN DIRI-at₂ BE u BAR.NUN TA lib₃-bi [NI]M (13) ana NA GAR-an

‘(12) If the DIS̆.U₄ of height exceeds the elongation and the ṣiliptu-coefficient you subtract the elongation and the ṣiliptu-coefficient from it, (13) you put it down as NA.’

— BM 35399 (BMAPT No. 61A) obv. 12-13

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

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer. 398-399

2. moon's distance above ecliptic

2.a moon's distance above ecliptic astronomical quantity

(9) KI sin u KI šamaš₂ ša₂ al-la 10 lu-maš DIRI GAM₀ 8 DU KI ⸢BAR⸣.NUN ša₂ NIM u SIG ⸢ša₂⸣-[šu₂] (10) ki TAB TAB ki LA₂ LA₂ ana muḫ-ḫi a-ḫa-miš₂ GAR.GAR-ma ½-šu₂-nu GIŠ-ma GAM₀ DIŠ.U₄ ša₂ [NIM] u S[IG] (11) ša₂ taš-kun DU

‘(9) (The amount) by which the position of Sin and the position of Šamaš exceed 10 (UŠ) of the zodiacal sign you multiply by (0;0),8. You add it with the corresponding ṣiliptu-coefficient for ‘height and depth’ if it is increasing, subtract if it is decreasing. You accumulate (them) together, you compute half of it, and you multiply it by the DIŠ.U₄ of height and depth which you had put down.’

— BM 35399 (BMAPT No. 61A) obv. 9-11

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

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

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2025). DIŠ.U₄ ša₂ NIM (Lemma #742). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/742/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2025). DIŠ.U₄ ša₂ NIM (Lemma #742). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/742/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2025). DIŠ.U₄ ša₂ NIM (Lemma #742). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/742/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2025) DIŠ.U₄ ša₂ NIM (Lemma #742), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/742/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac742,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2025},
	title = {DIŠ.{U}₄ ša₂ {NIM} ({Lemma} #742)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/742/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/742/},
}