ereb Šamši

ᵈUTU.ŠU₂.A
Akkadian · noun
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2023-06-26
Meanings
Literal translation
sunset
Categories
cardinal direction
Related Lemmata 11 ›

1. west

1.a 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.’

— BM 32167+ (BMAPT No. 53) rev. ii 22-23

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

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

Cite this entry
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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac347,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	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/},
}