qup-pu IGI-u₂ ša₂ GU
quppu maḫrû ša Gula

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-10-27
Primary meaning a group of stars in Aquarius
Literal translation the front basket of the great one
Variants
qup-pu IGI-u₂ ša₂ GU quppu maḫrû ša Gula
Edited by
a group of stars in Aquarius star: normal star

Jones (2004) a11. Perhaps φ, χ, ψ1 , ψ2 , ψ3 Aqr (Jones 2004); rarely used

ana tar-ṣa qup-pu IGI-u₂ ša₂ GU KA×MI

‘Opposite the front basket of the great one it was eclipsed.’

— BM 33024+ (ADRT III No. -123A) rev. 15'

Genre: astronomical diary
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 124 BCE

Sachs, A. J., Hunger, H. 1996. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. III. Diaries from 164 B.C. to 61 B.C. Vienna, Austria: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 284-285

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). qup-pu IGI-u₂ ša₂ GU (Lemma #461). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/461/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). qup-pu IGI-u₂ ša₂ GU (Lemma #461). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/461/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). qup-pu IGI-u₂ ša₂ GU (Lemma #461). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/461/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) qup-pu IGI-u₂ ša₂ GU (Lemma #461), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/461/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac461,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {qup-pu {IGI}-u₂ ša₂ {GU} ({Lemma} #461)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/461/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/461/},
}