ina ŠU₂ ŠU₂
ina rabê rabû

Akkadian verb

Last edited: 2024-07-01
Primary meaning evening last
Literal translation to set in the west
Variants
ina ŠU₂ ŠU₂ ina rabê rabû
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Evening Last synodic phenomenon

verbal expression in astronomical diaries

in 20 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina MAŠ₂ ŠU₂

‘Around (day) 20, Mercury set in the west in Capricorn.’

— BM 34728+ (ADRT II No. -254) obv. 11'

Genre: astronomical diary
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 255 BCE

Sachs, A. J., Hunger, H. 1989. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. II: Diaries from 261 B.C. to 165 B.C. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 25

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). ina ŠU₂ ŠU₂ (Lemma #1710). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1710/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). ina ŠU₂ ŠU₂ (Lemma #1710). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1710/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). ina ŠU₂ ŠU₂ (Lemma #1710). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1710/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) ina ŠU₂ ŠU₂ (Lemma #1710), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1710/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1710,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ina Š{U}₂ Š{U}₂ ({Lemma} #1710)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1710/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1710/},
}