MURUB₄
qablu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-03-27
Primary meaning middle
Literal translation middle
Variants
MURUB₄ qablu
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middle spatial expression

(3) ⸢ina 20⸣ NINDA (4) šal-šu₂ ḪAB-rat sin al (5) MURUB₄ KASKAL.2 NIM

‘(3) In 20 nindanu , (4) a third of the disk, Sin ascends above (5) the middle of the path.’

— BM 35739 (BMAPT No. 99) side X i' 3-5

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text
Provenance: Babylon
Date: ca. 400-50 BCE

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer 513


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). MURUB₄ (Lemma #792). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/792/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). MURUB₄ (Lemma #792). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/792/

MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). MURUB₄ (Lemma #792). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/792/

Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) MURUB₄ (Lemma #792), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/792/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac792,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {MURUB₄ ({Lemma} #792)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/792/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/792/},
}