〈TAB〉 ṭepû ‘to add’
〈accumulo〉 ‘to add’
GAR.GAR
kamāru
Akkadian verb
Last edited: 2024-03-22| Primary meaning | to accumulate |
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| Literal translation | to heap up |
| Variants | GAR.GAR kamāru |
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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.’
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: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac701,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
year = {2024},
title = {GAR.{GAR} ({Lemma} #701)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/701/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/701/},
}