GE6 DU
mūšu ittalak

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-10-09
Primary meaning time since sunset
Literal translation the night has progressed
Variants
GE6 DU mūšu ittalak
DU ittalak abbreviation of GE6 DU
GE6 mūšu abbreviation of GE6 DU
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time since sunset time interval

time interval starting at sunset and ending before midnight

ŠU2 ana DU3-ka ki si-man ša2 GE6 DU al-la LA2 ša2 GE6 DIRI LA2 ša2 G[E6 TA GE6 DU NIM]

‘In order for you to construct ŠU2. If the time by which the night has progressed exceeds the length of night you subtract the length of ni[ght from (the time by which) the night has progressed].’

— BM 35399 (BMAPT No. 61A) obv. 1

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

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer. 396

29 32 GE6 DU

‘(day) 29, 32 (UŠ) the night has progressed’

— BM 34066+ (ACT No. 120) obv. 10 col. M (time of New Moon)

Genre: mathematical astronomy: synodic table
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 2nd century BCE

Neugebauer, Otto, 1955, Astronomical Cuneiform Texts

AB 14 1.15 DU

‘month X, (day) 14, 1,15 (UŠ the night) has progressed’

— BM 36731 obv. ii' 5'

Genre: mathematical astronomy: table of solstices, equinoxes, sirius phenomena
Provenance: Babylon
Date: ca. 450-50 BCE

Neugebauer, O., Sachs, A. 1967, Atypical Astronomical Cuneiform Texts I, Journal of Cuneiform Studies 21, 183-218 184

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M., & Schreiber, M. (2023). GE6 DU (Lemma #1112). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1112/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M., & Schreiber, M. (2023). GE6 DU (Lemma #1112). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1112/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M., & Schreiber, M. (2023). GE6 DU (Lemma #1112). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1112/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. and Schreiber, M. (2023) GE6 DU (Lemma #1112), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1112/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1112,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu and Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2023},
	title = {GE6 {DU} ({Lemma} #1112)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1112/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1112/},
}