šuššu

Akkadian · noun
variant 1-šu : šuššu
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2023-09-20

Meanings
Literal translation
sixty
Categories
mathematical quantity: number
Related Lemmata 1

1. sixty

1.a sixty mathematical quantity: number

ina 1-šu ME 6 KI ana ar₂-šu₂ LA₂-[ma UŠ ar₂-tu₂ ...]

‘In sixty days the position (of Jupiter) recedes 6 (UŠ), [then the second station ...]’

— BM 35241 (BMAPT No. 27) side X 6'

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

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer 279


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). UŠ (Lemma #820). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/820/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). UŠ (Lemma #820). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/820/

MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). UŠ (Lemma #820). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/820/

Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) UŠ (Lemma #820), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/820/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac820,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {UŠ ({Lemma} #820)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/820/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/820/},
}