ina rabê nenmudu

ina ŠU₂ UŠ
Akkadian · verb
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2024-07-01

Literal translation
to be/become stationary in the west
Categories
synodic phenomenon
Related Lemmata 1

1. Evening Station

1.a Evening Station synodic phenomenon

very rarely reported phenomenin in astronomical diaries and related texts

(3') ina 22 (4') APIN 24 GU₄.UD ina ŠU₂ ina PA UŠ

‘(3') On (day) 22 (4') month VIII, (day) 24, Mercury became stationary in the west in Sagittarius.’

— BM 32308 (ADRT V No. 85) obv. 3'-4'

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

The double date is peculiar and unexplained; perhaps they are ideal date and actual date.


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). ina ŠU₂ UŠ (Lemma #1712). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1712/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). ina ŠU₂ UŠ (Lemma #1712). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1712/

MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). ina ŠU₂ UŠ (Lemma #1712). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1712/

Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) ina ŠU₂ UŠ (Lemma #1712), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1712/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1712,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ina Š{U}₂ {U}Š ({Lemma} #1712)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1712/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1712/},
}