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NU TUK
Akkadian · noun
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2023-06-26
Meanings
Literal translation
it is not obtained
Categories
mathematical quantity
Related Lemmata 1 ›

1. nothing

1.a nothing mathematical quantity

TA 13 ABSIN0 EN 27 zib NU TUK

‘From 13 Virgo until 27 Pisces (you add) nothing.’

— BM 32167+ (BMAPT No. 53) obv. ii 25'

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

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer. 362-363

NU TUK u₃ 10 NINDA ⸢GAR⸣.[GAR-ma 10]

‘You accumulate nothing and (0;0),10, [it is (0;0),10.]’

— BM 36680 (Ossendrijver 2017 Text C) obv. 7'

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text Provenance: Babylon Date: ca. 350-150 BCE

M. Ossendrijver, 2017, New results on a Babylonian scheme for Jupiter's motion along the zodiac, Journal of Near Eastern Studies 76, 231–247 238

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). NU TUK (Lemma #703). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/703/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). NU TUK (Lemma #703). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/703/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). NU TUK (Lemma #703). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/703/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) NU TUK (Lemma #703), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/703/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac703,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {NU {TUK} ({Lemma} #703)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/703/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/703/},
}