nenmudu

UŠ
Akkadian · verb
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2024-07-15
Meanings
Literal translation
to be/become stationary
Categories
astronomical event
synodic phenomenon
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1. to be/become stationary

1.a to be/become stationary astronomical event, synodic phenomenon

24 ME nen-mud ina 32 ⸢ME⸣ 20 ⸢KI⸣-šu₂ ana ŠU₂ ⸢LA₂⸣-[is?]

‘24 days it (Venus) is stationary. In 32 days its position recedes to the west by 20.’

— BM 33552 (BMAPT No. 9) obv. 8

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text Provenance: Babylon Date: ca. 400-50 BCE

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer. 224

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). UŠ (Lemma #1090). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1090/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). UŠ (Lemma #1090). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1090/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). UŠ (Lemma #1090). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1090/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) UŠ (Lemma #1090), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1090/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1090,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {UŠ ({Lemma} #1090)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1090/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1090/},
}