ME
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Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-06-26
Primary meaning time between last moonrise before sunset and sunset
Literal translation ?
Variants
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time between last moonrise before sunset and sunset astronomical quantity: lunar six interval

GI₆ 13 10.30 ME muš

‘Night of (day) 13, ME = 10;30, measured.’

— BM 41616+ (ADRT II No. -255) obv. 5

Genre: astronomical diary
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 256 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. 18-19

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). ME (Lemma #259). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/259/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). ME (Lemma #259). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/259/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). ME (Lemma #259). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/259/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) ME (Lemma #259), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/259/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac259,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {ME ({Lemma} #259)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/259/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/259/},
}