TUR-tu₂
ṣeḫertu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-11-12
Primary meaning minimum
Literal translation small one
Variants
TUR-tu₂ ṣeḫertu
TUR-tu₄ ṣeḫertu
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minimum mathematical quantity

small value mathematical quantity

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

‘(18) For Saturn. From 10 Leo until 30 Aquarius the small one; (19) 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. 250-150 BCE

Ossendrijver 2012 No. 42 312-313


See also

SIG šupludistance below ecliptic

TUR ṣeḫruminimum (adj.)

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). TUR-tu₂ (Lemma #1049). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1049/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). TUR-tu₂ (Lemma #1049). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1049/

MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). TUR-tu₂ (Lemma #1049). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1049/

Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) TUR-tu₂ (Lemma #1049), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1049/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1049,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {TUR-tu₂ ({Lemma} #1049)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1049/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1049/},
}