tašpiltu

Akkadian · noun

variant taš : tašpiltu

Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2023-06-26

Meanings

1. difference

Literal translation

difference

1. difference

1.a difference mathematical quantity

(2') 17.46.40 taš-pil-tu₂ (3') ⸢ša₂ 18⸣ MU.MEŠ

‘(2') (0);17,46,40, the difference (3’) for 18 years.’

— BM 36722 (BMAPT No. 82) obv. 2'-3'

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

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer. 470-471

(5) ša₂ GENNA 14.4.42.30 LA₂ 11.14.2.⸢30⸣ [SIG] (6) 12 taš an-na-a KI.⸢MEŠ⸣

‘(5) For Saturn: the ‘height’ is 14;4,42,30, [the ‘depth’ is] 11;14,2, 30, (6) the difference is (0);12; thus the positions.’

— A 3418 (BMAPT No. 41) rev. 5-6

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text Provenance: Uruk Date: ca. 170-200 BCE

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer 310

Cite this entry

APA (7th)

Ossendrijver, M. (2023). taš-pil-tu₂ (Lemma #657). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/657/

Chicago (Author-Date)

Ossendrijver, M. (2023). taš-pil-tu₂ (Lemma #657). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/657/

MLA (9th)

Ossendrijver, M. (2023). taš-pil-tu₂ (Lemma #657). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/657/

Harvard

Ossendrijver, M. (2023) taš-pil-tu₂ (Lemma #657), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/657/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac657,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {taš-pil-tu₂ ({Lemma} #657)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/657/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/657/},
}