DU₃-šu₂
epūšu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-07-24
Primary meaning procedure
Literal translation procedure
Variants
DU₃-šu₂ epūšu
DU₃-uš epūšu
DU₃.DU₃ epūšu
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procedure mathematical operation

DU₃-šu₂ ša₂ 2.13.20 ša₂ U₄.15.[KAM]

‘Procedure for 2;13,20 of day 15.’

— BM 32167+ (BMAPT No. 53) obv. i 7

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text
Provenance: Babylon
Date: ca. 350-250 BCE

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer.

(4') DU₃.DU₃.BI ša₂ SAG.KI GU₄ SAG-⸢su⸣ [xx] (5') ana muḫ-ḫi a-ḫa-miš₂ TAB-ma ½-šu₂ GIŠ-⸢ma⸣

‘(4') Its procedure: the [...] width(s) of the trapezoid (5') you add (“accumulate”) together, you compute half of it, and ...’

— BM 34757 side Y 4'-5'

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text
Provenance: Babylon?
Date: ca. 350-100 BCE

Ossendrijver, M. 2016, Ancient Babylonian astronomers calculated Jupiters position from the area under a time-velocity graph, Science, 351, 482-484

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). DU₃-šu₂ (Lemma #473). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/473/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). DU₃-šu₂ (Lemma #473). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/473/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). DU₃-šu₂ (Lemma #473). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/473/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) DU₃-šu₂ (Lemma #473), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/473/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac473,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {DU₃-šu₂ ({Lemma} #473)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/473/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/473/},
}