〈ME〉 ? ‘time between last moonrise before sunset and sunset’
〈—〉 hrw ‘day’
〈ἡμέρα〉 hēmera ‘day’
〈cotidianus〉 ‘daily’
〈तिथि〉 tithi ‘tithi’
〈dies〉 ‘day’
〈יֹום〉 yôm ‘day’
ME
ūmu
Akkadian noun
Last edited: 2024-11-03| Primary meaning | day |
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| Literal translation | day |
| Variants | ME ūmu U₄ ūmu u₄-mu ūmu |
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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.’
mean tithi unit of time
1 "day" = 1/30 mean synodic month = mean tithi
daytime time interval
time from sunrise to sunset
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.’
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: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac258,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
year = {2024},
title = {ME ({Lemma} #258)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/258/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/258/},
}