zibbātu

Akkadian · noun
variants zib.ME : zibbātu , KUN.ME : zibbātu
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2023-08-30
Meanings
Literal translation
tails
Categories
zodiac sign
constellation
animal part
Related Lemmata 9 ›

1. Pisces

1.a 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.’

— BM 42799+45777 obv. ii(ES) 4'

Genre: mathematical astronomy: synodic table Provenance: Babylon Date: ca. 140-120 BCE

Neugebauer ACT No. 421a

(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.’

— AO 6477 obv. 12-13

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text Provenance: Uruk Date: ca. 250-150 BCE

Ossendrijver 2012 No. 42

2. Tails

2.a 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.’

— BM 36353+36647 obv. ii' 14'-15'

Genre: astrology Provenance: Babylon Date: ca. 350-50 BCE

3. tails

3.a tails animal part
Cite this entry
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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac99,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {zib ({Lemma} #99)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/99/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/99/},
}