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IGI ša₂ ŠU₂
Akkadian · noun
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2023-08-30
Meanings
Literal translation
western appearance
Categories
synodic phenomenon
Related Lemmata 3 ›

1. Evening First

1.a Evening First synodic phenomenon

2. western appearance

2.a 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

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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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac214,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	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/},
}