qup-pu ar₂ ša₂ GU
quppu arkû ša Gula

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-10-27
Primary meaning a group of stars in Aquarius or Pisces
Literal translation the rear container of the great one
Variants
qup-pu ar₂ ša₂ GU quppu arkû ša Gula
Edited by
a group of stars in Aquarius or Pisces star: normal star

Jones (2004) a12. Very rarely used; identification (Jones 2004) 29, 27, 33, 30 Psc uncertain

[...] KUŠ₃ ar₂ qup-pu ar₂ ša₂ GU a-dir

‘[...] cubits behind the rear container of the great one it was eclipsed.’

— BM 32149+ (ADRT I No. -366B) rev. 6

Genre: astronomical diary
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 367 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. 134-135

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). qup-pu ar₂ ša₂ GU (Lemma #462). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/462/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). qup-pu ar₂ ša₂ GU (Lemma #462). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/462/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). qup-pu ar₂ ša₂ GU (Lemma #462). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/462/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) qup-pu ar₂ ša₂ GU (Lemma #462), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/462/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac462,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {qup-pu ar₂ ša₂ {GU} ({Lemma} #462)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/462/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/462/},
}