šūtu

ULU₃

Akkadian · noun

variant IM.ULU₃ : šūtu

Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2023-06-26

Meanings

1. south

2. south wind

Literal translation

south

1. south

1.a 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.’

— BM 35015+ (ADRT II No. -164B) obv. 7'

Genre: astronomical diary Provenance: Babylon Date: 165 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. 494-495

2. south wind

2.a 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.’

— BM 35015+ (ADRT II No. -164B) obv. 7'

Genre: astronomical diary Provenance: Babylon Date: 165 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. 494-495

Cite this entry

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: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac403,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {ULU₃ ({Lemma} #403)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/403/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/403/},
}