ina ŠU₂ UŠ
ina rabê nenmudu

Akkadian verb

Last edited: 2024-07-01
Primary meaning Evening Station
Literal translation to be/become stationary in the west
Variants
ina ŠU₂ UŠ ina rabê nenmudu
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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: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1712,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	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/},
}