UŠ ša₂ ŠU₂
nēmettu ša rabê

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-06-26
Primary meaning Evening Station
Literal translation western station
Variants
UŠ ša₂ ŠU₂ nēmettu ša rabê
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Evening Station synodic phenomenon

of Mercury or Venus

(7) ⸢U₄.MEŠ ša₂ UŠ ša₂ ŠU₂ ana UŠ ša₂ ŠU₂⸣ (8) ⸢GU zib.ME 9.51⸣ TAB (9) [ḪUN] ⸢MUL₂ MAŠ 10.1 TAB⸣ (10) [ALLA A] ⸢9.59 TAB⸣ (11) [ABSIN RIN₂] ⸢GIR₂.TAB 9.46 TAB⸣ (12) [PA] MAŠ₂ 9.49 TAB

‘(7) The "days" for western station to western station: (8) Aquarius, Pisces you add 9,51, (9) [Aries], Taurus, Gemini you add 10,1, (10) [Cancer, Leo] you add 9,59, (11) [Virgo, Libra], Scorpio you add 9,46, (12) [Sagittarius], Capricorn you add 9,49.’

— BM 35495 (BMAPT No. 7) rev. i 7-12

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). UŠ ša₂ ŠU₂ (Lemma #227). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/227/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). UŠ ša₂ ŠU₂ (Lemma #227). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/227/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). UŠ ša₂ ŠU₂ (Lemma #227). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/227/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) UŠ ša₂ ŠU₂ (Lemma #227), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/227/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac227,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {UŠ ša₂ Š{U}₂ ({Lemma} #227)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/227/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/227/},
}