šuššān

UŠ
Akkadian · noun
variants šu-uš-ša₂-an : šuššān , šu-ši : šūši
Edited by: Alessia Pilloni
Last edited: 2024-11-03
Meanings
Literal translation
(time) degree
Categories
unit of time
unit of celestial position
unit of length
Related Lemmata 8 ›

1. (time) degree

1.a (time) degree unit of time

[... ki?] ⸢iz⸣-ku-u₂ MUL₂.BABBAR E-a ina 10 UŠ ME ana ŠU₂ šamaš₂

kizkū MUL₂.BABBAR E-a ina 10 UŠ ME ana ŠU₂ šamaš₂

‘[... when?] it had cleared, Jupiter came out; (the eclipse began) at 10° before sunset’

— BM 40122 (LBAT 0218) o.8'.

Genre: astronomical diary Provenance: Babylon Date: 367 BCE

Sachs, Abraham, Strassmaier, Johann N., Pinches, Theophilus. G. (1955). Late Babylonian astronomical and related texts. Brown University studies. J. Koch, AfO 38/39 103-107; Sachs, Abraham J., Hunger, Hermann. Astronomical Diaries 1, no. -304; Reiner, Fs Borger (CM 10) p 298.

2. UŠ

2.a UŠ unit of celestial position
2.b UŠ unit of length

30 šu-uš-ša2-an be2-e-ri

‘30 šuššān is a bēru.’

— W 23281 obv. i 27

Genre: mathematical compendium Provenance: Uruk Date: ca. 445-385 BCE

Ossendrijver 2022, On the unit UŠ = šuššān, NABU 2022/2, No. 68, 156–157

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Pilloni, A. (2024). UŠ (Lemma #80). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/80/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Pilloni, A. (2024). UŠ (Lemma #80). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/80/
MLA (9th)
Pilloni, A. (2024). UŠ (Lemma #80). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/80/
Harvard
Pilloni, A. (2024) UŠ (Lemma #80), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/80/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac80,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Pilloni, Alessia},
	year = {2024},
	title = {UŠ ({Lemma} #80)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/80/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/80/},
}