GURUN
inbu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-06-03
Primary meaning moon
Literal translation fruit
Variants
GURUN inbu
Edited by
fruit common noun
moon an epithet of the moon(god)

rare in astronomical and astrological texts, common in hymns

UD-7-[KAM AGA ma-a]š2-la BAR BA3 BA3 za-a-zu BA3 pa-r[a-su] | BA3 [ba-an-t]u BA3 mi-šil BA3 30 mi-šil miš2-[li] | 30 [A.RA2 0;30] 15 15 A.RA2 4 60 60 d.A-nu3 im-bi GURUN E[N ITI]

‘The 7th [day: a half] crown, BAR(half): BA3(30). BA3: to divide, BA3: to cut, | BA3: share, BA3: half. Half(BA3) of the moon(30) is half of a half. | 0;30 [x 0;30] = 0;15 15 x 4 = 60 60 (is) Anu, he called the “fruit”, lo[rd of the month].’

— K 2164+ 11-13

Genre: mystical-explanatory text
Provenance: Nineveh
Date: 7th cent BCE

Livingstone, A. 1986. Mystical and mythological explanatory works of Assyrian and Babylonian scholars. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 22

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). GURUN (Lemma #803). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/803/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2024). GURUN (Lemma #803). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/803/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). GURUN (Lemma #803). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/803/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2024) GURUN (Lemma #803), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/803/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac803,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2024},
	title = {GURUN ({Lemma} #803)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/803/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/803/},
}