kamāru

GAR.GAR
Akkadian · verb
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2024-03-22
Meanings
Literal translation
to heap up
Categories
mathematical operation
arithmetical operation
additive operation
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1. to accumulate

1.a to accumulate mathematical operation, arithmetical operation, additive operation

additive operation used for non-identity conserving addition of at least two quantities that are in some sense symmetrical

(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

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). GAR.GAR (Lemma #701). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/701/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). GAR.GAR (Lemma #701). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/701/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). GAR.GAR (Lemma #701). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/701/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) GAR.GAR (Lemma #701), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/701/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac701,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {GAR.{GAR} ({Lemma} #701)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/701/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/701/},
}