ana muḫḫi a-ḫa-miš
ana muḫḫi aḫāmiš

Akkadian adverb

Last edited: 2024-03-22
Primary meaning together
Literal translation together
Variants
ana UGU a-ḫa-miš ana muḫḫi aḫāmiš
Edited by
together mathematical expression, additive operation

(6) KI sin NIM KI sin u KI šamaš₂ ša₂ al-la 10 lu-maš DIRI GAM0 16 DU KI BAR.NUN ša₂ l[u-maš] (7) ša₂-šu₂ ki TAB TAB ki LA₂ LA₂ ana muḫ-ḫi a-ḫa-miš₂ GAR.GAR-ma ½-šu₂-nu GIŠ-ma ana BAR.NUN ⸢GAR⸣-[an]

‘(6) The position of the Moon and the position of the Sun: (the amount) by which they exceed 10 of the zodiacal sign you multiply by (0;0),16. You add it with the corresponding ṣiliptu-coefficient for the zod[iac] if it is increasing, subtract if it is decreasing. You accumulate (them) together, compute half of it and put it down as the ṣiliptu-coefficient.’

— BM 35399 (BMAPT No. 61A) obv. 6-7

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

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer. 397-398

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). ana muḫḫi a-ḫa-miš (Lemma #700). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/700/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). ana muḫḫi a-ḫa-miš (Lemma #700). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/700/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). ana muḫḫi a-ḫa-miš (Lemma #700). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/700/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) ana muḫḫi a-ḫa-miš (Lemma #700), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/700/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac700,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ana muḫḫi a-ḫa-miš ({Lemma} #700)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/700/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/700/},
}