E₂
bītu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-06-26
Primary meaning longitude
Literal translation house
Variants
E₂ bītu
Edited by
longitude astronomical quantity

rarely used term for position or longitude in mathematical astronomy

PA 2 TA E₂ ŠU₂-šu₂ LA₂

‘Sagittarius: you subtract 2 from the house of its (Venus) setting.’

— BM 34221 (BMAPT No. 46) rev. ii 3

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

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer. 328-329

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). E₂ (Lemma #640). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/640/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). E₂ (Lemma #640). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/640/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). E₂ (Lemma #640). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/640/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) E₂ (Lemma #640), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/640/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac640,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {E₂ ({Lemma} #640)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/640/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/640/},
}