butuq(tu) manzât

bu-tuq TIR.AN
Akkadian · noun
variants bu-tuq TIR.AN : butuq manzât , bu-tuq ᵈTIR.AN.NA : butuq manzât , bu-tuq-tu₄ TIR.RA.AN : butuqtu manzât , bu-tuq-tu₄ ᵈTIR.AN.NA : butuqtu manzât , bu-tuq-tu₄ TIR.AN.NA : butuqtu manzât , bu-tuq ᵈTIR.AN : butuq manzât , bu-tuq-tu₂ ᵈTIR.AN.NA : butuqtu manzât
Edited by: Marvin Schreiber
Last edited: 2024-07-15
Meanings
Literal translation
section of a rainbow
Categories
meteorological phenomenon
Related Lemmata 1 ›

1. section of a rainbow

1.a 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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1733,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	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/},
}