RIN₂ ša₂ ULU₃
zibānītu ša šūti

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-10-27
Primary meaning α Librae
Literal translation the southern (part of) the scales
Variants
RIN₂ ša₂ ULU₃ zibānītu ša šūti
Edited by
α Librae star: normal star

Jones (2004) c21

GI₆ 4 SAG GI₆ sin ina IGI RIN₂ ša₂ ULU₃ 2 1/2 KUŠ₃

‘Night of the 4th, beginning of the night, the moon was 2 1/2 cubits in front of the southern (part of) the scales.’

— BM 36388+ (ADRT I No. -332A) obv. 3

Genre: astronomical diary
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 333 BCE

Sachs, A. J., Hunger, H. 1988. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. I: Diaries from 652 B.C. to 262 B.C. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 168-169

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). RIN₂ ša₂ ULU₃ (Lemma #417). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/417/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). RIN₂ ša₂ ULU₃ (Lemma #417). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/417/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). RIN₂ ša₂ ULU₃ (Lemma #417). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/417/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) RIN₂ ša₂ ULU₃ (Lemma #417), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/417/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac417,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {RIN₂ ša₂ {ULU}₃ ({Lemma} #417)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/417/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/417/},
}