nīru

mul.ŠUDUN
Akkadian · noun
variants mul.ni-i-ri : nīru , ᵈni-ri : nīru
Edited by: Marvin Schreiber
Last edited: 2026-10-06

Literal translation
yoke
Categories
star
ziqpu star

1. Yoke star

1.a Yoke star star, ziqpu star

α Boötis (Arcturus)

1 1/2 MA.NA KI.LA₂ 9 UŠ i-na qaq-qa-ri 16 lim 2 me DANNA [ina AN-e] | TA mul.ŠUDUN EN mul.ŠUDUN.[ANŠE EGIR]

‘1 1/2 minas weight, 9 UŠ on the ground, 16 thousand 2 hundred bēru [in heaven], from the Yoke to the [Rear] Harn[ess].’

— AO 6478 (TCL VI 21 = TU 21) obv. 5'-6'

Genre: star list Provenance: Uruk Date: ca. 200 BCE

Thureau-Dangin 1913, 'Distances entres étoiles fixes d'après une tablette de l'époque Séleucides', RA 10, 215-225 218


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2026). mul.ŠUDUN (Lemma #1412). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1412/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2026). mul.ŠUDUN (Lemma #1412). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1412/

MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2026). mul.ŠUDUN (Lemma #1412). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1412/

Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2026) mul.ŠUDUN (Lemma #1412), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1412/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1412,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2026},
	title = {mul.Š{UDUN} ({Lemma} #1412)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1412/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1412/},
}