〈δύσις〉 dusis ‘setting’
〈δυσμή〉 dusmē ‘setting’
〈occidens〉 ‘west’
〈ortus〉 ‘rising’
〈מְבוֹא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ〉 məb̲ôʾ haššemeš ‘west’
〈מַעֲרָב〉 maʿărāb̲ ‘west’
ᵈUTU.ŠU₂.A
ereb Šamši
Akkadian noun
Last edited: 2023-06-26| Primary meaning | west |
|---|---|
| Literal translation | sunset |
| Variants | ᵈUTU.ŠU₂.A ereb Šamši |
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west cardinal direction
most often used before ca. 300 BCE
(22) ina 5 DANNA si-man 5 UŠ (23) ᵈsin ana ᵈUTU.ŠU₂.A tu-šaḫ-ḫa-az
‘(22) In 5 bēru of time you let (23) Sin proceed 5 UŠ to the west.’
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). dUTU.ŠU₂.A (Lemma #347). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/347/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). dUTU.ŠU₂.A (Lemma #347). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/347/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). dUTU.ŠU₂.A (Lemma #347). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/347/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) dUTU.ŠU₂.A (Lemma #347), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/347/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac347,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
year = {2023},
title = {ᵈ{UTU}.Š{U}₂.{A} ({Lemma} #347)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/347/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/347/},
}