ūmu

ME
Akkadian · noun
variants U₄ : ūmu , u₄-mu : ūmu
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2024-11-03
Meanings
Literal translation
day
Categories
unit of time
time interval
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1. day

1.a day unit of time

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, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer

2. mean tithi

2.a mean tithi unit of time

1 "day" = 1/30 mean synodic month = mean tithi

3. daytime

3.a daytime time interval

time from sunrise to sunset

4. time since sunrise

4.a time since sunrise time interval

ina 18 ME TA MAR ana KUR ZALAG₂

‘In 18 (UŠ) of daytime it (solar eclipse) cleared from west to east.’

— Rm 712 (ADRT II No. -241) obv.? 6'

Genre: astronomical diary Provenance: Babylon Date: 242 BCE

Sachs, A. J., Hunger, H. 1989. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. II: Diaries from 261 B.C. to 165 B.C. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 76-77

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). ME (Lemma #258). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/258/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). ME (Lemma #258). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/258/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). ME (Lemma #258). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/258/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) ME (Lemma #258), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/258/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac258,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ME ({Lemma} #258)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/258/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/258/},
}