Gula

GU
Akkadian · noun
variants GU : gula , GU.LA : gula , mul.GU.LA : gula
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2025-02-25
Meanings
Literal translation
Great One
Categories
zodiac sign
constellation
deity
Related Lemmata 10 ›

1. Aquarius

1.a Aquarius zodiac sign

(18) ša₂ GENNA TA 10 A EN 30 GU TUR-tu₂ (19) TA 30 GU EN 10 A GAL-tu₂

‘For Saturn: from 10 Leo until 30 Aquarius the small one. From 30 Aquarius until 10 Leo the large one.’

— AO 6477 (BMAPT No. 42) obv. 18-19

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text Provenance: Uruk Date: ca. 200 BCE

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

2. Great One

2.a Great One constellation
2.b Great One deity
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2025). GU (Lemma #100). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/100/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2025). GU (Lemma #100). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/100/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2025). GU (Lemma #100). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/100/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2025) GU (Lemma #100), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/100/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac100,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2025},
	title = {GU ({Lemma} #100)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/100/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/100/},
}