biblu

UD.NA₂.A
Akkadian · noun
variant bi-ib-lu : biblu
Edited by: Alessia Pilloni
Last edited: 2023-09-13
Meanings
Literal translation
period of invisibility
Categories
observational practice
meteorological phenomenon
astronomical event

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

3. day of the disappearance of the moon

3.a day of the disappearance of the moon astronomical event
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Pilloni, A. (2023). 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. (2023). 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. (2023). 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. (2023) 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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac576,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Pilloni, Alessia},
	year = {2023},
	title = {UD.{NA}₂.{A} ({Lemma} #576)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/576/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/576/},
}