ana ar₂-šu₂
ana arkišu

Akkadian adverb

Last edited: 2024-06-03
Primary meaning in retrograde direction
Literal translation backward
Variants
ana ar₂-šu₂ ana arkišu
ana EGIR-šu₂ ana arkišu
Edited by
in retrograde direction spatial expression, planetary motion, direction of motion

(9') [TA UŠ] (10') 4 KI ana ar₂-šu₂ LA₂-is-ma ana ME E

‘(9') [From the station] (10') the position (of Jupiter) moves backward 4 (UŠ), then it rises to daylight (Acronychal Rising).’

— BM 34081+ (BMAPT No. 18) Obv. i 9'-10'

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, 482-484 248-249

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). ana ar₂-šu₂ (Lemma #1118). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1118/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). ana ar₂-šu₂ (Lemma #1118). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1118/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). ana ar₂-šu₂ (Lemma #1118). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1118/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) ana ar₂-šu₂ (Lemma #1118), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1118/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1118,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ana ar₂-šu₂ ({Lemma} #1118)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1118/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1118/},
}