šutābulu

ŠAR₂.ŠAR₂
Akkadian · verb
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2026-07-23
Meanings
Literal translation
to compute
Categories
mathematical operation
Related Lemmata 9 ›

1. to compute

1.a to compute mathematical operation

(4') ša₂ lu-maš (5') gab-bi ki-i KA ME u ZI ŠAR₂.ŠAR₂

‘For all zodiacal signs, you compute according to the day and the displacement.’

— BM 34081+ (BMAPT No. 18) obv. i' 4'-5'

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text Provenance: Babylon Date: ca. 250-50 BCE

M. Ossendrijver, 2017, New results on a Babylonian scheme for Jupiter's motion along the zodiac, Journal of Near Eastern Studies 76, 231–247 239

2. to evaluate

2.a to evaluate mathematical operation

(26) DIB.MEŠ ša₂ ᵈSAG.ME.GAR u ᵈGU₄.UD KI a-ḫa-a-meš DIB.MEŠ (27) A.AN u A.KAL GAL.MEŠ 15 u 2.30 KI.MEŠ ŠAR₂.ŠAR₂

‘(26) Passings (= conjunctions), which Sagmegar (Jupiter) and Šiḫṭu (Mercury) perform together: (27) heavy rain and high water. Right and left you evaluate the positions.’

— AO 6449 (TCL 6 19 = TU 19) Obv. 26-27

Genre: astrological weather prediction Provenance: Uruk Date: 226 BCE (12 V Seleucid Era 84)

Hunger, H. 1976. Astrologische Wettervorhersagen. Zeitschrift fur Assyriologie 66: 234–260

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2026). ŠAR₂.ŠAR₂ (Lemma #819). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/819/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2026). ŠAR₂.ŠAR₂ (Lemma #819). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/819/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2026). ŠAR₂.ŠAR₂ (Lemma #819). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/819/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2026) ŠAR₂.ŠAR₂ (Lemma #819), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/819/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac819,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2026},
	title = {Š{AR}₂.Š{AR}₂ ({Lemma} #819)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/819/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/819/},
}