KUŠ₃
ammatu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-11-03
Primary meaning cubit
Literal translation cubit
Variants
KUŠ₃ ammatu
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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


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: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac159,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {KUŠ₃ ({Lemma} #159)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/159/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/159/},
}