ana tarṣi

Akkadian · preposition
Edited by: Mathieu Ossendrijver
Last edited: 2024-05-06
Meanings
Literal translation
opposite
Categories
mathematical expression
Related Lemmata 6 ›

1. opposite

1.a opposite mathematical expression

used for associating one number with another number

(14) ana tar-ṣi 1.57.58.8.53.20 TAB-u₂ 4.53.14.4.26.40 GAR-an (15) ša₂ al-la 1.57.58.8.53.20 TAB-u₂ DIRI EN 1.58.15.5⸢5⸣.33.20 TAB-u₂ (16) A.RA₂ 5.20 DU KI 4.53.14.4.26.40 TAB-ma GAR-an

‘(14) Opposite 1,57;58,8,53,20, increasing, you put 4,53;14,4,26,40. (15) Whatever (the amount) by which it exceeds 1,57;58,8,53,20, increasing, until 1,58;15,55,33,20, increasing, (16) you multiply by 5;20, add with 4,53;14,4,26,40, and put down.’

— BM 32167+ (BMAPT No. 53) rev. i 14-16

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

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer. 362-363

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). ana tar-ṣi (Lemma #750). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/750/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). ana tar-ṣi (Lemma #750). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/750/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). ana tar-ṣi (Lemma #750). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/750/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) ana tar-ṣi (Lemma #750), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/750/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac750,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ana tar-ṣi ({Lemma} #750)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/750/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/750/},
}