nēmettu

UŠ
Akkadian · noun
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2024-07-15
Meanings
Literal translation
station
Categories
synodic phenomenon
astronomical event
Related Lemmata 9 ›

1. station

1.a station synodic phenomenon, astronomical event

(15') TA IGI ana UŠ 16.15 KI DU (16') UŠ

‘(15') From appearance (FA) to station (S1) the position proceeds 16;15, (16’) (then) it (Jupiter) becomes stationary.’

— BM 34081+ (BMAPT No. 18) rev. ii 15'-16'

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text Provenance: Babylon Date: ca. 250-50 BCE

Ossendrijver, M. 2016, Ancient Babylonian astronomers calculated Jupiters position from the area under a time-velocity graph, Science, 351, 482-484

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). UŠ (Lemma #1089). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1089/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). UŠ (Lemma #1089). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1089/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). UŠ (Lemma #1089). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1089/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) UŠ (Lemma #1089), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1089/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1089,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {UŠ ({Lemma} #1089)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1089/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1089/},
}