rabû ša rabê

ŠU₂ ša₂ ŠU₂
Akkadian · noun
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2023-06-26
Meanings
Literal translation
western setting
Categories
synodic phenomenon
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1.a Evening Last synodic phenomenon

[M]U ana MU ŠU₂ ša₂ ŠU₂ u KUR ša₂ NIM

‘Year by year, western setting and eastern rising.’

— BM 36321 (BMAPT No. 5) obv. 4

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text Provenance: Babylon Date: ca. 350-50 BCE

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

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). ŠU₂ ša₂ ŠU₂ (Lemma #215). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/215/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). ŠU₂ ša₂ ŠU₂ (Lemma #215). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/215/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). ŠU₂ ša₂ ŠU₂ (Lemma #215). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/215/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) ŠU₂ ša₂ ŠU₂ (Lemma #215), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/215/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac215,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {Š{U}₂ ša₂ Š{U}₂ ({Lemma} #215)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/215/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/215/},
}