meš-ḫu
mešḫu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-11-01
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meš-ḫu mešḫu
meš-ḫi mešḫu
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measurement astronomical term

literal meaning

prediction astronomical term

Meaning attested in Almanacs and Normal Star Almanacs; for a discussion see Hunger ADRT VII, pp. X-XIsee

meš-ḫi ša₂ KUR-ad₂.MEŠ ša₂ ᵈUDU.IDIM.MEŠ ša₂ MU.1-me.29 m.Se-lu-ku LUGAL

‘Predictions of the reachings of the planets of year 1 hundred 29, king Seleucus.’

— BM 33873 (ADRT VII No. 158) rev. 7'

Genre: astronomical diaries and related texts: normal star almanac
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 183 BCE

Hunger, H. 2014. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. VII: Almanacs and Normal Star Almanacs. Vienna, Austria: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 302-303

For a discussion see Hunger ADRT VII, pp. X-XI

(1) meš-ḫi ša₂ MU.55 m.An-ti-'u-uk-[su] (2) LUG[AL]

‘(1) Predictions of year 55, (2) king Antiochus.’

— BM 32847 (ADRT VII No. 12) upper edge 1-2

Genre: astronomical diaries and related texts: almanac
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 257 BCE

Hunger, H. 2014. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. VII: Almanacs and Normal Star Almanacs. Vienna, Austria: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 20-21

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). meš-ḫu (Lemma #1307). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1307/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). meš-ḫu (Lemma #1307). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1307/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). meš-ḫu (Lemma #1307). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1307/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) meš-ḫu (Lemma #1307), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1307/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1307,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {meš-ḫu ({Lemma} #1307)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1307/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1307/},
}