〈auster〉 ‘south wind’
〈μεσημβρία〉 mesēmbria ‘midday’
〈יָמִין〉 yāmîn ‘south’
〈דָּרוֹם〉 dārôm ‘south’
ULU₃
šūtu
Akkadian noun
Last edited: 2023-06-26| Primary meaning | south |
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| Literal translation | south |
| Variants | ULU₃ šūtu IM.ULU₃ šūtu |
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south cardinal direction
[GE₆ 19] DIR AN ZA ULU₃ GIN ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ MAŠ.MAŠ ar₂ 1 KUŠ₃ sin 5 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG
‘[Night of (day) 19,] clouds were in the sky, the south wind blew; last part of the night, Sin was 1 cubit behind the rear twin, Sin being 5 cubits low to the south.’
south wind type of wind
[GE₆ 19] DIR AN ZA ULU₃ GIN ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ MAŠ.MAŠ ar₂ 1 KUŠ₃ sin 5 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG
‘[Night of (day) 19,] clouds were in the sky, the south wind blew; last part of the night, Sin was 1 cubit behind the rear twin, Sin being 5 cubits low to the south.’
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). ULU₃ (Lemma #403). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/403/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). ULU₃ (Lemma #403). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/403/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). ULU₃ (Lemma #403). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/403/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) ULU₃ (Lemma #403), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/403/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac403,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
year = {2023},
title = {ULU₃ ({Lemma} #403)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/403/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/403/},
}