mūšu ittalak

GE₆ DU

Akkadian · noun

variants DU : ittalak , GE₆ : mūšu

Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver , Marvin Schreiber
Last edited: 2023-10-09

Meanings

1. time since sunset

Literal translation

the night has progressed

1. time since sunset

1.a 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

Cite this entry

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: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac1112,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	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/},
}