bu-tuq TIR.AN
butuq(tu) manzât

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-07-15
Primary meaning section of a rainbow
Literal translation section of a rainbow
Variants
bu-tuq TIR.AN butuq manzât
bu-tuq d.TIR.AN.NA butuq manzât
bu-tuq-tu₄ TIR.RA.AN butuqtu manzât
bu-tuq-tu₄ d.TIR.AN.NA butuqtu manzât
bu-tuq-tu₄ TIR.AN.NA butuqtu manzât
bu-tuq d.TIR.AN butuq manzât
bu-tuq-tu₂ d.TIR.AN.NA butuqtu manzât
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section of a rainbow meteorological phenomenon

A rainbow that is not a complete arch.

⸢22⸣ ina KIN.SIG bu-tuq TIR.AN id SI u KUR GAL₂-ši

‘The 22nd, in the afternoon, there was a section of a rainbow in the direction of north and east.’

— BM 45927 (ADRT I No. -284) obv. 10'

Genre: astronomical diary
Provenance: Babylon
Date: -284

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. 294

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APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). bu-tuq TIR.AN (Lemma #1733). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1733/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2024). bu-tuq TIR.AN (Lemma #1733). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1733/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). bu-tuq TIR.AN (Lemma #1733). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1733/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2024) bu-tuq TIR.AN (Lemma #1733), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1733/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1733,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2024},
	title = {bu-tuq {TIR}.{AN} ({Lemma} #1733)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1733/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1733/},
}