〈—〉 tbt.w ‘Pisces’
〈Ἰχθύες〉 Ichthues ‘Pisces’
〈DUR SIM.MAḪ〉 rikis šinūnūti ‘δεζ Piscium’
〈pisces〉 ‘Pisces’
〈trigonum martis〉 ‘Mars' triangle’
〈נוניא〉 nwnyʾ ‘Pisces’
〈דָּגִים〉 dāg̲îm ‘Pisces’
zib
zibbātu
Akkadian noun
Last edited: 2023-08-30| Primary meaning | Pisces |
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| Literal translation | tails |
| Variants | zib zibbātu zib.ME zibbātu KUN.ME zibbātu |
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Pisces zodiac sign
3.8 ZIZ₂ 12 9.40 zib.ME UŠ
‘(Year) 3,8, (month) XI, (day) 12, 9;40 Pisces, it (Venus) is stationary.’
(12) TA 26 RIN2 EN 10 zib 1.46.40 TAB 10 (13) zib DIB-iq GAM 6 DU LA2
‘From 26 Libra until 10 Pisces you add 1;46,40, (if) it passes 10 Pisces you multiply by 0;6, subtract.’
Tails constellation
(14') SAG.UŠ in AB.⸢SIN₂⸣ dil-bat ina KUN.ME ⸢GUB.ME-ma⸣ (15') A.AN u A.KAL ⸢MAḪ⸣
‘Saturn stands in the Furrow (Virgo?), Venus in the Tails (Pisces?), then strong rain and flood.’
tails animal part
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). zib (Lemma #99). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/99/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). zib (Lemma #99). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/99/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). zib (Lemma #99). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/99/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) zib (Lemma #99), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/99/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac99,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
year = {2023},
title = {zib ({Lemma} #99)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/99/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/99/},
}