〈—〉 ḫꜥ ỉmnṱ ‘evening first’
〈IGI〉 nanmuru ‘to appear’
ina ŠU₂ IGI
ina rabê nanmuru
Akkadian verb
Last edited: 2023-06-26| Primary meaning | Evening First |
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| Literal translation | to appear in the West |
| Variants | ina ŠU₂ IGI ina rabê nanmuru |
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Evening First synodic phenomenon
(1) ⸢u₄⸣-mu dil-bat ina ŠU₂ IGI lu ina KUR ŠU₂-u₂ U₄.MEŠ u KI.MEŠ ana igi-gub-u₂ [x] (2) ina ŠU.2-ka tu-kal
‘(1) The day when Venus appears in the West or sets in the East: (2) you hold the "days" and the positions for the igigubbû-coefficients [...] in your hands.’
10 GU4.UD ina ŠU₂ ina UR.A 3 KUŠ3 ina IGI dil-bat ana ŠU₂ IGI 16 [NA-su in 8 IGI]
‘(Day) 10, Mercury appears in the West in the Lion, 3 cubits in front of Venus to the West, its [NA (sunset to setting of Mercury)] is 16 (UŠ), the (ideal first) appearance was on (day) 8.]’
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). ina ŠU₂ IGI (Lemma #238). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/238/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). ina ŠU₂ IGI (Lemma #238). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/238/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). ina ŠU₂ IGI (Lemma #238). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/238/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) ina ŠU₂ IGI (Lemma #238), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/238/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac238,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
year = {2023},
title = {ina Š{U}₂ {IGI} ({Lemma} #238)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/238/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/238/},
}