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DU₃
Akkadian · verb
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2023-07-24
Meanings
Literal translation
to make
Categories
mathematical operation
Related Lemmata 9 ›

1. to compute

1.a to compute mathematical operation

U₄.1.KAM ana DU₃-ka

‘In order for you to compute day 1.’

— BM 36722 (BMAPT No. 52) obv. i 39

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text Provenance: Babylon Date: Seleucid

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

2. to construct

2.a to construct mathematical operation
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). DU₃ (Lemma #719). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/719/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). DU₃ (Lemma #719). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/719/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). DU₃ (Lemma #719). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/719/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) DU₃ (Lemma #719), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/719/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac719,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {DU₃ ({Lemma} #719)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/719/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/719/},
}