AŠ
ina

Akkadian preposition

Last edited: 2024-07-15
Primary meaning in
Literal translation in
Variants
AŠ ina
TA ina rare
Edited by
in preposition

ina TUR-ti KI šamaš2

‘In (the region of) the small one’

— BM 33869 obv. 7

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text
Provenance: Babylon

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer 288-289

on preposition
from preposition

NIM u SIG ša2 a 1.[44.14 LA2] ina ša3 LA2 ša2 tag4 GAM 10 DU ana 34.48 [TAB x]

‘The "height and depth" which is [less] than 1,[44;24] 7’you subtract from it, what remains you multiply by 0;10, you [add it] to 34;48.’

— BM 34079 (BMAPT No. 65) obv. 6'-7'

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

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer. 426

TA 4.56.35.33.20 E11-ma GAR-an

‘from 4,56;35,33,20, and you put it down’

— BM 36438+ rev. 3

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text
Provenance: Babylon

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer 450-451

through preposition
during preposition
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Pilloni, A. (2024). AŠ (Lemma #468). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/468/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Pilloni, A. (2024). AŠ (Lemma #468). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/468/
MLA (9th)
Pilloni, A. (2024). AŠ (Lemma #468). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/468/
Harvard
Pilloni, A. (2024) AŠ (Lemma #468), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/468/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac468,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Pilloni, Alessia},
	year = {2024},
	title = {AŠ ({Lemma} #468)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/468/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/468/},
}