dīru

Akkadian · noun
variants di-ri : dīru , di-ir-ri : dīru , di-ir : dīru
Edited by: Alessia Pilloni
Last edited: 2024-06-17
Meanings
Literal translation
intercalary (month)
Categories
time interval

1. intercalary (month)

1.a intercalary (month) time interval

MU.AN.NA ki-in-ma di-ri-ša šu-ul-lim

‘Establish the (length of the) year and complete its intercalary (months).’

— K 2848 71

Genre: handbook Provenance: Nineveh Date: Neo-Assyrian

Oppenheim, A. L. 1974. A Babylonian Diviner’s Manual. Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 33(2), 197–220. 200

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Pilloni, A. (2024). di-ru (Lemma #782). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/782/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Pilloni, A. (2024). di-ru (Lemma #782). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/782/
MLA (9th)
Pilloni, A. (2024). di-ru (Lemma #782). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/782/
Harvard
Pilloni, A. (2024) di-ru (Lemma #782), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/782/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac782,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Pilloni, Alessia},
	year = {2024},
	title = {di-ru ({Lemma} #782)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/782/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/782/},
}