UŠ IGI-tu₂
nēmettu maḫrītu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-06-26
Primary meaning First Station
Literal translation first station
Variants
UŠ IGI-tu₂ nēmettu maḫrītu
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First Station synodic phenomenon

for Mars, Jupiter, Saturn

(28') TA UŠ IGI-tu₂ EN UŠ ar₂-tu₂ (29') ša₂ ME 12 ana ar₂-ki-šu₂ LA₂-is-ma UŠ

‘(28') From the first station until the second station (29') per day (0);12 it recedes backwards, then it becomes stationary.’

— BM 34676 (BMAPT No. 13) rev. 28'-29'

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 IGI-tu₂ (Lemma #230). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/230/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). UŠ IGI-tu₂ (Lemma #230). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/230/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). UŠ IGI-tu₂ (Lemma #230). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/230/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) UŠ IGI-tu₂ (Lemma #230), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/230/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac230,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {UŠ {IGI}-tu₂ ({Lemma} #230)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/230/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/230/},
}