UŠ ša₂ KUR
nēmettu ša šadê/napāḫi/nipḫi?

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-06-24
Primary meaning Morning Station
Literal translation eastern station
Variants
UŠ ša₂ KUR nēmettu ša šadê/napāḫi/nipḫi?
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Morning Station synodic phenomenon

of Mercury, Venus

[ŠU₂ IGI u] ⸢UŠ⸣ ša₂ ⸢KUR⸣ ana ŠU₂ IGI u UŠ ša₂ KUR 9.35.30 KI TAB

‘[Setting, appearance and] station of the east to setting, appearance and station of the east: you add 9,35,30 (to) the position.’

— BM 34221 (BMAPT No. 46) rev. ii 9

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

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer. 328-329

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). UŠ ša₂ KUR (Lemma #232). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/232/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). UŠ ša₂ KUR (Lemma #232). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/232/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). UŠ ša₂ KUR (Lemma #232). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/232/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) UŠ ša₂ KUR (Lemma #232), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/232/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac232,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {UŠ ša₂ {KUR} ({Lemma} #232)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/232/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/232/},
}