〈ᵈUTU.E₃.A〉 ṣīt Šamši ‘East’
〈oriens〉 ‘east’
〈GIŠ.NIM〉 ṣītān ‘east’
〈קֶדֶם〉 qed̲em ‘east’
〈NIM〉 ? ‘east’
〈ἀνατολή〉 anatolē ‘diurnal rising’
KUR
šadû
Akkadian noun
Last edited: 2023-06-26| Primary meaning | east |
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| Literal translation | east |
| Variants | KUR šadû IM.KUR šadû IM.KUR.RA šadû |
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east cardinal direction
east wind type of wind
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). KUR (Lemma #405). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/405/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). KUR (Lemma #405). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/405/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). KUR (Lemma #405). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/405/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) KUR (Lemma #405), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/405/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac405,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
year = {2023},
title = {KUR ({Lemma} #405)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/405/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/405/},
}