RIN2
zibānītu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-07-03
Primary meaning Libra
Literal translation Scales
Variants
RIN2 zibānītu
mul.GIŠ.RIN2 zibānītu
mul.Zi-ba-ni-tum zibānītu
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Libra zodiac sign

DIŠ 30 ina mul.Zi-ba-ni-tum AN.GE6 GAR-ma (…)

‘If the moon is eclipsed in Libra (…)’

— BM 36746+ obv. 16'

Genre: zodiacal astrology: celestial divination
Provenance: Babylon
Date: ca. 400-300 BCE

Rochberg, Francesca. 1984. New evidence for the history of astrology. JNES 43: 115-140.

10 RIN₂ 3 ša₂ al 10 RIN₂ DIRI A.RA₂ 40 DU TA 3 LA₂

‘10 Libra: 3,0, (the amount) by which it exceeds 10 Libra you multiply by 0;40, subtract from 3,0.’

— BM 32167+ (BMAPT No. 53) Obv. i 8'

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text
Provenance: Babylon
Date: ca. 350-250 BCE

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

ὁμορόησις δέ ἐστιν, ὅταν ἐν τοῖς αὐτοῖς ὁρίοις ἀστέρες ὦσιν ἤτοι κατὰ σῶμα ἢ σχῆμα ἢ ἀλλήλους ἐφορῶσιν ὁρίοις ἀστέρος τοῦ αὐτοῦ.

‘“Neighboring” is whenever planets are in the same terms, that is, either bodily or in configuration, or are in aspect with each other in the terms of the same planet’

— Antiochus, Fragments 40

Genre: astrological treatise
Provenance: Athens
Date: 1st cent. BCE/1st cent. CE

CCAG I 159 (cf. VIII.3, 107)


Scales constellation

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M., & Schreiber, M. (2023). RIN2 (Lemma #76). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/76/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M., & Schreiber, M. (2023). RIN2 (Lemma #76). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/76/

MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M., & Schreiber, M. (2023). RIN2 (Lemma #76). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/76/

Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. and Schreiber, M. (2023) RIN2 (Lemma #76), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/76/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac76,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu and Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2023},
	title = {RIN2 ({Lemma} #76)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/76/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/76/},
}