turru

GUR

Akkadian · adjective

variant tur-ru : turru

Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2023-06-26

Meanings

1. hollow month

Literal translation

returned

1. hollow month

1.a hollow month astronomical term

GUB.ME u GUR ŠAR₂.ŠAR₂

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

— BM 41004 rev. 19

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text Provenance: Babylon

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

(15) kun-nu u [nu]-bal-kut ME ana ME kun-nu (16) la nu-bal-kut 1-en ME LA₂ tur-ru la nu-bal-kut ME ana ME tur-ru u nu-bal-kut 1-en ME TAB

‘(15) (The month) is confirmed and (the day) is transgressed: the day (corresponds) to the (same) day. (The month) is confirmed (16), (the day) is not transgressed: you subtract one day. (The month) is returned and (the day) is not transgressed: the day (corresponds) to the (same) day. (The month) is returned and (the day) is transgressed: you add one day.’

— BM 32167+ (BMAPT No. 53) rev. ii 15-16

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

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

Cite this entry

APA (7th)

Ossendrijver, M. (2023). GUR (Lemma #543). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/543/

Chicago (Author-Date)

Ossendrijver, M. (2023). GUR (Lemma #543). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/543/

MLA (9th)

Ossendrijver, M. (2023). GUR (Lemma #543). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/543/

Harvard

Ossendrijver, M. (2023) GUR (Lemma #543), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/543/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac543,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {GUR ({Lemma} #543)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/543/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/543/},
}