x ana y LA₂
x ana y muṭṭu

Akkadian verb

Last edited: 2023-06-26
Primary meaning to diminish y by x
Literal translation to diminish y by x
Variants
x ana y LA₂ x ana y muṭṭu
Edited by
to diminish y by x mathematical operation

ki NIM ana BE LA₂

‘If it (the Moon) is high you diminish the elongation by it (the "DIŠ.UD of height").’

— BM 35399 (BMAPT No. 61A) obv. 11

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text
Provenance: Babylon
Date: ca. 350-50 BCE

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

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). x ana y LA₂ (Lemma #254). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/254/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). x ana y LA₂ (Lemma #254). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/254/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). x ana y LA₂ (Lemma #254). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/254/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) x ana y LA₂ (Lemma #254), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/254/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac254,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {x ana y {LA}₂ ({Lemma} #254)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/254/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/254/},
}