DIRI
atāru

Akkadian verb

Last edited: 2024-03-22
Primary meaning to exceed
Literal translation to exceed
Variants
DIRI atāru
Edited by
to exceed mathematical expression, comparative operation, mathematical operation

(23) mim-ma ša₂ al-la 1.59.12.35.33.20 (24) TAB-u₂ DIRI EN 1.59.30.22.13.20 TAB-u₂ A.RA₂ 2 DU TA 4.56.35.33.⸢20⸣ (25) E₁₁ GAR

‘(23) Whatever (the amount) by which it exceeds 1,59;12,35,33,20, (24), increasing, until 1,59;30,22,13,20, increasing, you multiply by 2, deduct from 4,56;35,33,20, (25) put down.’

— BM 32167+ (BMAPT No. 53) rev. i 23-25

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

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

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). DIRI (Lemma #617). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/617/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). DIRI (Lemma #617). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/617/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). DIRI (Lemma #617). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/617/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) DIRI (Lemma #617), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/617/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac617,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {DIRI ({Lemma} #617)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/617/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/617/},
}