GUB
kunnu

Akkadian adjective

Last edited: 2023-10-20
Primary meaning full month
Literal translation established
Variants
GUB kunnu
kun-nu kunnu
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full month astronomical term

30-day month

GUB.ME u GUR ŠAR₂.ŠAR₂

‘You compute the confirmed (months) and the returned (= hollow months).’

— BM 41004 rev. 19

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text
Provenance: Babylon

Brack-Bernsen & Hunger 2005/6, AfO 51, 96-107


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). GUB (Lemma #542). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/542/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). GUB (Lemma #542). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/542/

MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). GUB (Lemma #542). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/542/

Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) GUB (Lemma #542), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/542/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac542,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {GUB ({Lemma} #542)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/542/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/542/},
}