Šulpae(a)

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-07-03
Primary meaning Jupiter
Literal translation The Resplendent Youth
Variants
d.Šul-pa-e3(-a) Šulpae(a)
Edited by

Jupiter planet

d.Be-let DINGIR.MEŠ ana d.Šul-pa-e3-a iṭ-ḫi

‘Belet-ili came close to Jupiter’

— AO 6455 (TCL VI 11 = TU 11) 3

Genre: astrological compendium
Provenance: Uruk
Date: late 3rd cent BCE

Brack-Bernsen, Lis, and Hunger, Hermann. 2002. TU 11. A Collection of Rules for the Prediction of Lunar Phases and of Month Lengths. SCIAMVS 3: 3–90.


Šulpae(a) deity

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). Šulpae(a) (Lemma #90). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/90/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2023). Šulpae(a) (Lemma #90). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/90/

MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). Šulpae(a) (Lemma #90). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/90/

Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2023) Šulpae(a) (Lemma #90), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/90/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac90,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2023},
	title = {Šulpae(a) ({Lemma} #90)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/90/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/90/},
}