MURUB₄-u₂
qablû

Akkadian adjective

Last edited: 2023-08-01
Primary meaning middle one
Literal translation middle one
Variants
MURUB₄-u₂ qablû
Edited by
middle one spatial expression

Used in connection with numbers that are in between two other numbers (not necessarily their mean value).

(13') [12.3]⸢3.5⸣1.52.47.20 MURUB₄-u₂ ša₂ TA IGI ana ⸢IGI 2⸣.44.⸢45.6⸣.46.[46.40 MURUB₄-u₂] (14') [ša₂ T]A ŠU₂ ana IGI 4.59.22.55.57.46.40 MURUB₄-u₂ TA ⸢IGI ana UŠ 4.49.33.50⸣ (15') ⸢5⸣.51.6.40 MURUB₄-u₂ ša₂ TA IGI ana ŠU₂ an-na-a U₄.DA.ZAL.LA₂ ša₂ KI.MEŠ

‘(13’) [12;33],51,52,47,20, the middle one which is from appearance (FA) to appearance. (14’) 2;44,45,6,46,[46,40, the middle one] [which is] from setting (LA) to appearance. 4;59,22,55,57,46,40 (error for 4;59,32,55,57,46,40), the middle one from appearance to [station (S1)]. 4;49,33,50, (15’)[5],51,6,40, the ‘middle one’ which is from appearance (error for station) to setting. Thus are the udazallû-coefficients for the positions.’

— BM 34676 (BMAPT No. 13) rev. 13'-15'

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text
Provenance: Babylon
Date: ca. 350-50 BCE

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer. 230-231

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). MURUB₄-u₂ (Lemma #793). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/793/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). MURUB₄-u₂ (Lemma #793). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/793/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). MURUB₄-u₂ (Lemma #793). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/793/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) MURUB₄-u₂ (Lemma #793), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/793/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac793,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {MURUB₄-u₂ ({Lemma} #793)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/793/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/793/},
}