ammatu

KUŠ₃
Akkadian · noun
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2024-11-03
Meanings
Literal translation
cubit
Categories
unit of celestial position
unit of length
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1. cubit

1.a cubit unit of celestial position

24 fingers

ina 9 MU.MEŠ 6 KUŠ₃ DAGAL ma-la-ka ul-tu NIM ana BUR₃ BUR₃-ma

‘In 9 years it goes down 6 cubits, the width of the path from "height" to "depth", and (...)’

— BM 41004 obv. 15

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text Provenance: Babylon

Brack-Bernsen & Hunger 2005/6, AfO 51, 96-107

1.b cubit unit of length

24 fingers

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). KUŠ₃ (Lemma #159). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/159/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). KUŠ₃ (Lemma #159). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/159/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). KUŠ₃ (Lemma #159). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/159/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) KUŠ₃ (Lemma #159), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/159/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac159,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {KUŠ₃ ({Lemma} #159)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/159/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/159/},
}