naḫāsu

LA₂
Akkadian · verb
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2023-06-26
Meanings
Literal translation
to recede
Categories
motion
position
Related Lemmata 1 ›

1. to move in retrograde direction

1.a to move in retrograde direction motion

(9') [TA UŠ] (10') 4 KI ana ar₂-šu₂ LA₂-is-ma ana ME E

‘(9') [From the station] (10') the position (of Jupiter) moves backward 4 (UŠ), then it rises to daylight (Acronychal Rising).’

— BM 34081+ (BMAPT No. 18) Obv. i 9'-10'

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

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer. 248

2. to be behind

2.a to be behind position

ina ZALAG₂ dil-bat e LUGAL 2 SI dil-bat 4 SI ana ŠU₂ LA₂

‘Last part of the night, Venus was 2 fingers above the King (α Leonis), Venus being 4 fingers behind to the west.’

— BM 33850 (ADRT III No. -162) obv. 13

Genre: astronomical diary Provenance: Babylon Date: 163 BCE

Sachs, A. J., Hunger, H. 1996. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. III. Diaries from 164 B.C. to 61 B.C. Vienna, Austria: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 24-25

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). LA₂ (Lemma #165). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/165/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). LA₂ (Lemma #165). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/165/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). LA₂ (Lemma #165). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/165/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) LA₂ (Lemma #165), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/165/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac165,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {LA₂ ({Lemma} #165)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/165/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/165/},
}