E2 niṣirti
bīt niṣirti

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-12-16
Primary meaning exaltation
Literal translation house of secrecy
Variants
E2 ni-ṣir-tu4 bīt niṣirtu
E2 ni-ṣir-ti3 bīt niṣirti
E2 ni-ṣir-tu2 bīt niṣirtu
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exaltation astrological concept, astrological position, planetary position

said of planets, placed in a zodiacal constellation

šu-pul me-e mu-ú-tú [: š]u-pul « šá » AN-e šú-u : ⸢É⸣ ni-ṣir-tú šá dṢal-bat-a-nu

‘The depth of the Waters of Death is the depth of the sky, which refers to the exaltation of Mars.’

— BM 47529 + 47685 17

Genre: commentary
Provenance: Babylon or Borsippa
Date: Neo-Babylonian

Wee, J. Z., 2016. A Late Babylonian Astral Commentary on Marduk's Address to the Demons, Journal of Near Eastern Studies 75. 136-137


planet assigned to the triplicity of the month of the solstice/equinox that is the closest to the date of birth astrological concept, astrological place

only in horoscopes (Pilloni 2024)

MU.BU ITI.AB 8 šamaš ina E2 ni-ṣir-tu4 šá dil-bat LU2.TUR a-lid

‘That year, the 8th of Ṭebētu (Month X) was the date of the (winter) solstice. The child is born in the house of secrecy of Venus.’

— BM 36943 (=BH 8) rev. 1-3

Genre: horoscope
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 3rd century BCE

Rochberg, F. 1998. Babylonian Horoscopes. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 88, 1–164. 76-78

Pilloni, A. (2024). The Astrological Schemes Behind bīt niṣirtu and KI in the Babylonian Horoscopes. Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History, 11(1), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1515/janeh-2023-0014


planet assigned to the “Terms” of the month of birth. astrological concept, astrological position, astrological place

only in horoscopes (Pilloni 2024)

[ina] E2 ni-ṣir-tú šá MUL2.BABBAR [LU2] ˻a˼-lid

‘The child is born in the house of secrecy of Jupiter’

— BM 47642 (BH 13) rev. 6-7

Genre: horoscope
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 3rd(-2nd?) century BCE (date of birth in horoscope: S.E. 88 V.4 = -223 July 29)

Rochberg, F. 1998. Babylonian Horoscopes. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 88. 89-91

Pilloni, A. (2024). The Astrological Schemes Behind bīt niṣirtu and KI in the Babylonian Horoscopes. Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History, 11(1), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1515/janeh-2023-0014


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Pilloni, A. (2024). E2 niṣirti (Lemma #751). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/751/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Pilloni, A. (2024). E2 niṣirti (Lemma #751). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/751/

MLA (9th)
Pilloni, A. (2024). E2 niṣirti (Lemma #751). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/751/

Harvard
Pilloni, A. (2024) E2 niṣirti (Lemma #751), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/751/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac751,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Pilloni, Alessia},
	year = {2024},
	title = {E2 niṣirti ({Lemma} #751)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/751/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/751/},
}