biblu

UD.NA₂.A
Akkadian · noun
variant bi-ib-lu : biblu
Edited by: Alessia Pilloni
Last edited: 2026-08-26
Meanings
Literal translation
period of invisibility
Categories
observational practice
meteorological phenomenon
Related Lemmata 1 ›

1. period of invisibility

1.a period of invisibility observational practice

contextualized in the Diaries

dil-bat GU4.UD i MUL2 ŠID.MEŠ IGI.MEŠ MUL2.BABBAR u AN ša2 ina bi-ib-lu ina AN.GE6-šu2 IGI.MEŠ

‘Venus, Mercury and the Normal Stars were visible; Jupiter and Mars, which were in their period of invisibility, were visible in its eclipse.’

— BM 45745 (ADRT III No. -136B) rev. 14'

Genre: astronomical diary Provenance: Babylon Date: 137 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. 184-185

2. devastating flood

2.a devastating flood meteorological phenomenon
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Pilloni, A. (2026). UD.NA₂.A (Lemma #576). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/576/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Pilloni, A. (2026). UD.NA₂.A (Lemma #576). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/576/
MLA (9th)
Pilloni, A. (2026). UD.NA₂.A (Lemma #576). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/576/
Harvard
Pilloni, A. (2026) UD.NA₂.A (Lemma #576), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/576/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac576,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Pilloni, Alessia},
	year = {2026},
	title = {UD.{NA}₂.{A} ({Lemma} #576)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/576/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/576/},
}