la-IGI
lapān

Akkadian preposition

Last edited: 2024-12-02
Primary meaning in front of
Literal translation in front of
Variants
la-pan lapān
la-IGI lapān
Edited by
in front of spatial expression

astronomical meaning

d.sin ana d.UTU.šu2.a la-IGI

‘The Moon is in front of the Sun by 16(15!);42’

— BM 32167+ (BMAPT No. 53) rev. ii 24

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

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer. 366-367

[xxxxxxxx 1?]5 UŠ ša2 la-pan d.UTU SUD TA lib3-bi E11-ma

‘[... 1]5 by which it is in front of the Sun, that is remote, you subtract from it, and...’

— BM 34676 (BMAPT No. 13) rev. 11'

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

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer. 230-231

from preposition
before temporal expression
on account of preposition
by preposition
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Pilloni, A. (2024). la-IGI (Lemma #525). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/525/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Pilloni, A. (2024). la-IGI (Lemma #525). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/525/
MLA (9th)
Pilloni, A. (2024). la-IGI (Lemma #525). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/525/
Harvard
Pilloni, A. (2024) la-IGI (Lemma #525), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/525/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac525,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Pilloni, Alessia},
	year = {2024},
	title = {la-{IGI} ({Lemma} #525)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/525/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/525/},
}