akukūtu

Akkadian · noun
variants a-ku-ku-tu₄ : akukūtu , a-ku₆-ku₆-tu₄ : akukūtu , ḫa-ku₆-ku₆-tu₄ : akukūtu
Edited by: Marvin Schreiber
Last edited: 2024-06-10

Literal translation
red glow
Categories
meteorological phenomenon
Related Lemmata 1

1. Aurora Borealis

1.a Aurora Borealis meteorological phenomenon

GE₆ 29 a-ku₆-ku₆-<<ku₆>>-tu₄ ina ŠU₂ KUR 2 ⸢DANNA⸣ [...]

‘Night of the 29th, red glow flared up in the west; 2 bēru [...]’

— VAT 4956 (ADRT I No. -567) rev. 10'

Genre: astronomical diary Provenance: ? Date: 568 BC

Sachs, A. J., Hunger, H. 1988. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. I: Diaries from 652 B.C. to 262 B.C. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.

2. flame

2.a flame

poetic synonym for fire


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). akukūtu (Lemma #1709). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1709/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2024). akukūtu (Lemma #1709). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1709/

MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). akukūtu (Lemma #1709). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1709/

Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2024) akukūtu (Lemma #1709), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1709/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1709,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2024},
	title = {akukūtu ({Lemma} #1709)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1709/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1709/},
}