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ŠU₂
Akkadian · verb
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2023-06-26
Meanings
Literal translation
to set
Categories
synodic phenomenon
astronomical event
Related Lemmata 10 ›

1. to set at the last appearance

1.a to set at the last appearance synodic phenomenon

30 ME ina IGI-at ŠU₂-šu₂ ša₂ ME 5 ZI-ma ŠU₂

‘30 days before its setting it (Saturn) moves (0);5 per day, then it sets.’

— AO 6477 (BMAPT No. 42) rev. 4

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text Provenance: Uruk Date: ca. 250-150 BCE

Ossendrijver 2012 No. 42

2. to set

2.a to set astronomical event
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). ŠU₂ (Lemma #257). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/257/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). ŠU₂ (Lemma #257). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/257/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). ŠU₂ (Lemma #257). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/257/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) ŠU₂ (Lemma #257), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/257/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac257,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {Š{U}₂ ({Lemma} #257)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/257/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/257/},
}