...dsm(30) ACT 200 i 20 (cf. SpTU I 94 20-21) The procedure for (determining) the positive and negative latitude of the Moon month by month. 12 (degrees) is the width of the "Way of the Moon." An equivalent measurement in cubits (6 kus) is provided in parallel texts (JCS 21...

...of which reads: epesu sa nim it sig sa sin ab ana ab 12 dagal malak A sin 2,24 qabalti qaqqar kisari "procedure for latitude of the Moon month by month....middle is the 'nodal zone.'" Here, as Aaboe has pointed out, 28 the technical term for latitude is actually the phrase "nim u sig," which literally means "positive...