KUR
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Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-12-02
Primary meaning time from last visible moonrise before sunrise until sunrise
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time from last visible moonrise before sunrise until sunrise astronomical quantity: lunar six interval

technical term in Babylonian astronomy

27 10.20 KUR a-kam₂ KALAG ki PAP NU IGI

‘(Day) 27, moonrise to sunrise: 10.20 (UŠ); dense mist, when I watched I did not see it.’

— BM 45650 (ADRT III -143B) obv. 9'

Genre: astronomical diary
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 144 BCE

Sachs, A. J., Hunger, H. 1996. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. III. Diaries from 164 B.C. to 61 B.C. Vienna, Austria: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). KUR (Lemma #2695). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2695/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). KUR (Lemma #2695). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2695/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). KUR (Lemma #2695). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2695/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) KUR (Lemma #2695), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2695/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
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@misc{zodiac2695,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {KUR ({Lemma} #2695)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2695/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2695/},
}