šakānu

GAR
Akkadian · verb
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2024-07-15
Meanings
Literal translation
to place
Categories
mathematical operation
divine agency
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1. to put down

1.a to put down mathematical operation

said of mathematical results

ana tar-ṣi 2.13.20 LA₂-u₂ 2.40 GAR-an

‘Opposite 2,13;20, decreasing, you put 2,40.’

— BM 32167+ (BMAPT No. 53) rev. i 3

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text Provenance: Babylon Date: ca. 350-250 BCE

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer. 362-363

2. to cause

2.a to cause divine agency

said of eclipses

mul₂.UD.KA.DUḪ.A a-dir sin ina EN.NUN.USAN AN.MI GAR-ma

‘The-Demon-with-the-gaping-mouth-star is dark: (it means that) Sin causes an eclipse in the evening watch.’

— AO 6455 (TU 11) obv. 1

Genre: astrology and goal-year astronomy: procedure text Provenance: Uruk Date: ca. 200 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.

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). GAR (Lemma #1082). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1082/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). GAR (Lemma #1082). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1082/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). GAR (Lemma #1082). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1082/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) GAR (Lemma #1082), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1082/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1082,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {GAR ({Lemma} #1082)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1082/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1082/},
}