ina NIM UŠ
ina NIM nenmudu

Akkadian verb

Last edited: 2024-06-24
Primary meaning morning station
Literal translation to become stationary in the east
Variants
ina NIM UŠ ina NIM nenmudu
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Morning Station synodic phenomenon

very rarely reported phenomenon in astronomical diaries and related texts

(2') ina 30 (3') IZI 30 GU₄.UD ina NIM ina A UŠ

‘(2') On (day) 30, (3') month V, (day) 30, Mercury became stationary in the east in Leo.’

— BM 32308 (ADRT V No. 85) obv. 2'-3'

Genre: astronomical diaries and related texts: planetary excerpt
Provenance: Babylon
Date: ca. 400-50 BCE

Hunger, H. 2001. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. V. Lunar and Planetary Texts. Vienna, Austria: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wis­senschaften. 356-357

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). ina NIM UŠ (Lemma #1711). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1711/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). ina NIM UŠ (Lemma #1711). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1711/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). ina NIM UŠ (Lemma #1711). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1711/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) ina NIM UŠ (Lemma #1711), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1711/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1711,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ina {NIM} {U}Š ({Lemma} #1711)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1711/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1711/},
}