GI
šullumu

Akkadian verb

Last edited: 2024-07-15
Primary meaning to complete
Variants
GI šullumu D stem of šalāmu
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to complete astronomical term

said of time intervals

TA 1 ME GI ⸢EN⸣ 1 ME 1.30

‘After completing 1,(0) days, until 1,(0) days, (0);1,30.’

— BM 40054 obv. 4

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text
Provenance: Babylon?
Date: ca. 300-50 BCE

M. Ossendrijver, 2017, New results on a Babylonian scheme for Jupiter's motion along the zodiac, Journal of Near Eastern Studies 76, 231–247 236

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). GI (Lemma #1084). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1084/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). GI (Lemma #1084). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1084/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). GI (Lemma #1084). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1084/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) GI (Lemma #1084), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1084/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1084,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {GI ({Lemma} #1084)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1084/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1084/},
}