šūḫuzu

Akkadian verb

Last edited: 2024-07-15
Primary meaning to let proceed
Variants
tu-šaḫ-ḫa-az tušaḫḫaz causative Š stem of aḫāzu
Edited by
to let proceed mathematical operation

used in mathematical astronomy in computations of motion

(22) ina 5 DANNA si-man 5 UŠ (23) ᵈsin ana ᵈUTU.ŠU₂.A tu-šaḫ-ḫa-az

‘(22) In 5 bēru time (23) you let Sin proceed 5 UŠ to the west.’

— BM 32167+ (BMAPT No. 53) rev. ii 22-23

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text
Provenance: Babylon
Date: ca. 350-250 BCE

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

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). šūḫuzu (Lemma #1085). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1085/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). šūḫuzu (Lemma #1085). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1085/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). šūḫuzu (Lemma #1085). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1085/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) šūḫuzu (Lemma #1085), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1085/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1085,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {šūḫuzu ({Lemma} #1085)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1085/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1085/},
}