IGI ša₂ ŠU₂
nanmurtu ša rabê

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-08-30
Primary meaning Evening First
Literal translation western appearance
Variants
IGI ša₂ ŠU₂ nanmurtu ša rabê
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Evening First synodic phenomenon

western appearance synodic phenomenon

ša₂ GU₄.UD IGI ša₂ ŠU₂ ana IGI ša₂ ŠU₂ TA 6 ALLA EN 26 RIN₂ 2.40 TAB

‘For Mercury: western appearance to western appearance from 6 Cancer until 26 Libra you add 2,40.’

— AO 6477 (BMAPT No. 42) obv. 11

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text
Provenance: Uruk
Date: ca. 200 BCE

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer


See also

ḫꜥ ỉmnṱevening first

IGI nanmurtufirst appearance

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). IGI ša₂ ŠU₂ (Lemma #214). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/214/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). IGI ša₂ ŠU₂ (Lemma #214). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/214/

MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). IGI ša₂ ŠU₂ (Lemma #214). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/214/

Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) IGI ša₂ ŠU₂ (Lemma #214), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/214/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac214,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {IGI ša₂ Š{U}₂ ({Lemma} #214)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/214/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/214/},
}