tar-di-tu₄
tardītu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-08-22
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tar-di-tu₄ tardītu
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addition mathematical quantity

Rarely attested in mathematical astronomy.

[xxx] ZI-ḫi u₃ tar-di-tu₄ ⸢x⸣ [xxx]

‘[...] subtraction and addition ... [...]’

— A 3413 (BMAPT No. 93) obv. 7'

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text
Provenance: Uruk
Date: ca. 200 BCE

Ossendrijver, M. 2012. Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Procedure Texts. New York: Springer 492-493

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). tar-di-tu₄ (Lemma #818). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/818/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). tar-di-tu₄ (Lemma #818). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/818/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2023). tar-di-tu₄ (Lemma #818). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/818/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2023) tar-di-tu₄ (Lemma #818), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/818/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac818,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2023},
	title = {tar-di-tu₄ ({Lemma} #818)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/818/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/818/},
}