〈SIG〉 šuplu ‘distance below ecliptic’
DIŠ.U₄ ša₂ SIG
DIŠ.U₄ ša šupli
Akkadian noun
Last edited: 2025-02-03| Primary meaning | rising or setting time of moon's distance below ecliptic |
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| Literal translation | (rising) to daylight? of depth |
| Variants | DIŠ.U₄ ša₂ SIG DIŠ.U₄ ša šupli |
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rising or setting time of moon's distance below ecliptic astronomical quantity
(15') ki-i DIŠ.U₄ ša₂ SIG al-⸢la BE⸣ BAR.NUN u 2 ḪAB-rat DIRI-at BE BAR.NUN u 2 ḪAB-rat (16') TA lib₃-bi-šu₂ LA₂ ana ⸢GI₆ E-bi⸣
‘(15') If the DIŠ.U₄ of depth exceeds the elongation and the ṣiliptu-coefficient and the 2 for the disk you subtract the elongation and the ṣiliptu-coefficient and the 2 for the disk (16') from it. You call it GI₆.’
moon's distance below 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 SIG (Lemma #743). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/743/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2025). DIŠ.U₄ ša₂ SIG (Lemma #743). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/743/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2025). DIŠ.U₄ ša₂ SIG (Lemma #743). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/743/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2025) DIŠ.U₄ ša₂ SIG (Lemma #743), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/743/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac743,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
year = {2025},
title = {DIŠ.{U}₄ ša₂ {SIG} ({Lemma} #743)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/743/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/743/},
}