naḫāsu

LA₂
Akkadian · verb
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2024-03-22
Meanings
Literal translation
to subtract
Categories
mathematical operation
arithmetical operation
subtractive operation
Related Lemmata 6 ›

1. to subtract

1.a to subtract mathematical operation, arithmetical operation, subtractive operation

(15') ki-i DIŠ.UD ša₂ SIG al-⸢la BE⸣ BAR.NUN u 2 ḪAB-rat DIRI-at BE BAR.NUN u 2 ḪAB-rat (16') TA lib₃-bi-šu₂ LA₂ ana ⸢GI₆ E-bi⸣

‘If the DIŠ.UD of height exceeds the elongation, the ṣiliptu-coefficient, and the 2 for the disk you subtract the elongation, the ṣiliptu-coefficient, and the 2 for the disk from it and you call it GI₆.’

— MMA 86.11.363 (BMAPT No. 61G) obv. 15'-16'

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text Provenance: Babylon Date: ca. 350-100 BCE

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

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). LA₂ (Lemma #211). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/211/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). LA₂ (Lemma #211). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/211/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). LA₂ (Lemma #211). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/211/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) LA₂ (Lemma #211), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/211/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac211,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {LA₂ ({Lemma} #211)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/211/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/211/},
}