GIŠ
našû

Akkadian verb

Last edited: 2023-06-26
Primary meaning to compute
Literal translation to raise
Variants
GIŠ našû to compute
IL₂ našû to compute; multiply
Edited by
to compute mathematical operation

(9) KI sin u KI šamaš₂ ša₂ al-la 10 lu-maš DIRI GAM₀ 8 DU KI ⸢BAR⸣.NUN ša₂ NIM u SIG ⸢ša₂⸣-[šu₂] (10) ki TAB TAB ki LA₂ LA₂ ana muḫ-ḫi a-ḫa-miš₂ GAR.GAR-ma ½-šu₂-nu GIŠ-ma GAM₀ DIŠ.U₄ ša₂ [NIM] u S[IG] (11) ša₂ taš-kun DU

‘(9) (The amount) by which the position of Sin and the position of Šamaš exceed 10 (UŠ) of the zodiacal sign you multiply by (0;0),8. You add it with the corresponding ṣiliptu-coefficient for ‘height and depth’ if it is increasing, subtract if it is decreasing. You accumulate (them) together, you compute half of it, and you multiply it by the DIŠ.UD of ‘height and depth ’ which you had put down.’

— BM 35399 (BMAPT No. 61A) obv. 9-11

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

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

to multiply mathematical operation
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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). GIŠ (Lemma #573). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/573/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). GIŠ (Lemma #573). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/573/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). GIŠ (Lemma #573). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/573/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) GIŠ (Lemma #573), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/573/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac573,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {GIŠ ({Lemma} #573)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/573/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/573/},
}