bēru

DANNA
Akkadian · noun
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2024-11-03
Meanings
Literal translation
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Categories
unit of celestial position
unit of time
unit of length
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1. bēru

1.a bēru unit of celestial position

1 bēru = 30 UŠ

a-na 1 DANNA 8 u NIM u SIG

‘For 1 bēru (of distance along the ecliptic) it (Jupiter) ascends and descends 8 fingers.’

— BM 37266 (BMAPT No. 47) obv. 4

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text Provenance: Babylon Date: ca. 350-250 BCE

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer. 334

1.b bēru unit of time

1 bēru = 30 UŠ

1 DANNA ME NIM-a AN.MI ᵈ[šamaš₂ ša₂ DIB]

‘(At) 1 bēru after sunrise eclipse of [Šamaš which was omitted.]’

— BM 40099 (ADRT I No. -332B) rev. 10

Genre: astronomical diary Provenance: Babylon Date: 333 BCE

Sachs, A. J., Hunger, H. 1988. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. I: Diaries from 652 B.C. to 262 B.C. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.

1.c bēru unit of length

1 bēru = 30 UŠ

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). DANNA (Lemma #323). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/323/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). DANNA (Lemma #323). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/323/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). DANNA (Lemma #323). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/323/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) DANNA (Lemma #323), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/323/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac323,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {DANNA ({Lemma} #323)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/323/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/323/},
}