GUB
izuzzu

Akkadian verb

Last edited: 2023-08-20
Primary meaning to be at the solstice
Literal translation to stand
Variants
GUB izziz
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to be at the solstice astronomical event

with Sun as subject

25 šamaš₂ GUB NU PAP

‘(Day) 25, Šamaš was at the solstice; I did not watch.’

— BM 45763 (ADRT II -256) obv. 17'

Genre: astronomical diary
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 257 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. 12-13


to be present in the sky astronomical event

GE₆ 17 DIR AN ZA ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ GENNA 5/6 KUŠ₃ ana ⸢NIM⸣ GUB ar₂ MUL₂ ar₂ ša₂ SUḪUR.MAŠ₂ 1 KUŠ₃ 8 u

‘Night of (day) 17, clouds were in the sky; last part of the night, Sin stood 5/6 cubit behind Kayyamanu to the east, 1 cubit 8 fingers behind the Rear star of the Goat-Fish.’

— BM 32889+ (ADRT II No. -246) obv. 16

Genre: astronomical diary
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 247 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.


to stand

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). GUB (Lemma #355). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/355/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). GUB (Lemma #355). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/355/

MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). GUB (Lemma #355). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/355/

Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) GUB (Lemma #355), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/355/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac355,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {GUB ({Lemma} #355)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/355/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/355/},
}