UŠ ar₂-tu₂
nēmettu arkītu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-06-26
Primary meaning Second Station
Literal translation second station
Variants
UŠ ar₂-tu₂ nēmettu arkītu
Edited by
Second Station synodic phenomenon

TA UŠ ar₂-tu₂ ana ŠU₂ 17.45 KI DU ŠU₂

‘From the second station to the setting it (Jupiter) proceeds (by) 17;45, (then) it sets.’

— BM 34081+ (BMAPT No. 18) obv. i 11

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text
Provenance: Babylon
Date: ca. 250-50 BCE

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

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). UŠ ar₂-tu₂ (Lemma #218). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/218/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). UŠ ar₂-tu₂ (Lemma #218). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/218/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). UŠ ar₂-tu₂ (Lemma #218). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/218/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) UŠ ar₂-tu₂ (Lemma #218), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/218/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac218,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {UŠ ar₂-tu₂ ({Lemma} #218)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/218/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/218/},
}