immeru

Akkadian · noun

variant mul₂.LU : immeru

Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2026-10-28

Meanings

1. Aries

Literal translation

ram

1. Aries

1.a Aries zodiac sign

ina DU₆ U₄ 14 AN.MI EN.NUN.USAN ina mul₂.LU sin GAR

‘In month VII day 14 Sin brings about an eclipse in the first watch in the Ram (Aries).’

— AO 6455 (TCL VI 11 = TU 11) Obv. 17

Genre: collection of astrological and astronomical rules Provenance: Uruk Date: ca. 200 BCE

Brack-Bernsen, Lis, and Hunger, Hermann. 2002. TU 11. A Collection of Rules for the Prediction of Lunar Phases and of Month Lengths. SCIAMVS 3: 3–90.

9) GU₄.UD ina KUR IGI-su TA 10 LU EN 20 MUL₂.MUL₂ 10) ina KUR ŠU₂-šu₂ DIB-iq KIMIN

‘9) Mercury passes by its appearance in the morning (MF) from 10 Ari until 20 Tau, 10) (and) its setting in the morning (ML), ditto.’

— AO 6477 (BMAPT No. 42) Obv. 9-10

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text Provenance: Uruk Date: ca. 250-150 BCE

Ossendrijver 2012 No. 42

Cite this entry

APA (7th)

Ossendrijver, M. (2026). LU (Lemma #6425). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6425/

Chicago (Author-Date)

Ossendrijver, M. (2026). LU (Lemma #6425). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6425/

MLA (9th)

Ossendrijver, M. (2026). LU (Lemma #6425). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6425/

Harvard

Ossendrijver, M. (2026) LU (Lemma #6425), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6425/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac6425,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2026},
	title = {LU ({Lemma} #6425)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6425/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6425/},
}