〈KUR〉 šadû ‘east’
〈oriens〉 ‘east’
〈GIŠ.NIM〉 ṣītān ‘east’
〈E₃〉 aṣû ‘to rise’
〈NIM〉 ? ‘east’
〈ἀνατολή〉 anatolē ‘diurnal rising’
ᵈUTU.E₃.A
ṣīt Šamši
Akkadian noun
Last edited: 2023-11-01| Primary meaning | East |
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| Literal translation | sunrise |
| Variants | ᵈUTU.E₃.A ṣīt Šamši UTU.E₃.A ṣīt Šamši UTU.E₃ ṣīt Šamši |
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East cardinal direction
primarily in texts predating ca. 400 BCE, rare in astronomical diaries
ina ZALAG₂ ina ᵈUTU.E₃.A ṣal-⸢lum⸣-[mu-u₂ ...]
‘Last part of the night, a com[et] in the east [...]’
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). dUTU.E₃.A (Lemma #656). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/656/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). dUTU.E₃.A (Lemma #656). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/656/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). dUTU.E₃.A (Lemma #656). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/656/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) dUTU.E₃.A (Lemma #656), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/656/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac656,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
year = {2023},
title = {ᵈ{UTU}.{E}₃.{A} ({Lemma} #656)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/656/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/656/},
}