BAR
zâzu

Akkadian verb

Last edited: 2024-03-22
Primary meaning to divide
Literal translation to divide
Variants
BAR zâzu
SE₃ zâzu
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to divide mathematical operation, arithmetical operation, division operation

(33) 4 a-na 30 ŠEŠ.MEŠ SE₃-ma IGI 30 : 2 (34) 4 A.RA₂ 2 8 ⸢8⸣ A.RA₂ 4 tam-ṭi-tu₄ DU-ma (35) 32

‘(33) You divide 4 into 30 parts: the reciprocal of 30 is (0);2, (34) 4 times 2 is (0);8. You multiply (0);8 by 4, the deficit, it is (35) (0);32.’

— BM 36722 (BMAPT No. 52) obv. i 33-35

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text
Provenance: Babylon
Date: Seleucid

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

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). BAR (Lemma #721). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/721/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). BAR (Lemma #721). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/721/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). BAR (Lemma #721). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/721/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) BAR (Lemma #721), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/721/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac721,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {BAR ({Lemma} #721)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/721/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/721/},
}