TAB
ṭīpu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-03-22
Primary meaning addition
Literal translation addition
Variants
TAB ṭīpu
ṭi-pu ṭīpu
Edited by
addition mathematical quantity, additive quantity, arithmetical quantity

(8) 5 TAB ša₂ zib (9) 5 TAB ša₂ ḪUN bi-rit TAB ana TAB ia-a-nu

‘(8) The addition for Pisces is 5, (9) the addition for Aries is 5, the difference from addition to addition is nothing.’

— BM 36722 (BMAPT No. 52) rev. i 8-9

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

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

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). TAB (Lemma #166). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/166/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). TAB (Lemma #166). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/166/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). TAB (Lemma #166). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/166/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) TAB (Lemma #166), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/166/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac166,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {TAB ({Lemma} #166)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/166/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/166/},
}