NU TUK
ul irašši

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-06-26
Primary meaning nothing
Literal translation it is not obtained
Variants
NU TUK ul irašši
Edited by
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: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac703,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {NU {TUK} ({Lemma} #703)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/703/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/703/},
}