〈NIM〉 šūqu ‘distance above ecliptic’
DIŠ.U₄ ša₂ NIM
DIŠ.U₄ ša šūqi
Akkadian noun
Last edited: 2025-02-03| Primary meaning | rising or setting time of moon's distance above ecliptic |
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| Literal translation | (rising) to daylight? of height |
| Variants | DIŠ.U₄ ša₂ NIM DIŠ.U₄ ša šūqi |
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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.’
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.’
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: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac742,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
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/},
}