qumāri ša mul.UD.KA.DUḪ.A

qu₂-ma-ru ša₂ mul.UD.KA.DUḪ.A

Akkadian · noun

variants qu₂-ma-ru ša₂ mul.UD.KA.DUḪ.A : qumāru ša mul.UD.KA.DUḪ.A , mul₂.qu₂-mar ša₂ mul.UD.KA.DUḪ.A : qumār ša mul.UD.KA.DUḪ.A , mul.qu₂-ma-ru mul.UD.KA.DUḪ.A : qumāru mul.UD.KA.DUḪ.A

Edited by: Marvin Schreiber
Last edited: 2026-10-06

Meanings

1. Shoulder of the Demon-with-the-gaping-mouth-star

Literal translation

Shoulder of the Demon-with-the-gaping-mouth

1. Shoulder of the Demon-with-the-gaping-mouth-star

1.a Shoulder of the Demon-with-the-gaping-mouth-star star, ziqpu star

β or γ Cygni

3 1/3 MA.NA MIN 2/3 DANNA i-na KI.MIN 36 lim DANNA ina KI.MIN | TA mul.GAŠAN-TIN EN qu₂-ma-ri ša₂ mul.UD.⸢KA⸣.DUḪ.A

‘3 1/3 minas ditto (weight), 2/3 bēru on ditto (the ground), 36 thousand bēru in ditto (heaven), | from the Lady of Life to the Shoulder of the Demon-with-the-gaping-mouth.’

— AO 6478 (TCL VI 21 = TU 21) obv. 17'-18'

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). qu₂-ma-ru ša₂ mul.UD.KA.DUḪ.A (Lemma #1419). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1419/

Chicago (Author-Date)

Schreiber, M. (2026). qu₂-ma-ru ša₂ mul.UD.KA.DUḪ.A (Lemma #1419). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1419/

MLA (9th)

Schreiber, M. (2026). qu₂-ma-ru ša₂ mul.UD.KA.DUḪ.A (Lemma #1419). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1419/

Harvard

Schreiber, M. (2026) qu₂-ma-ru ša₂ mul.UD.KA.DUḪ.A (Lemma #1419), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1419/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac1419,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2026},
	title = {qu₂-ma-ru ša₂ mul.{UD}.{KA}.{DU}Ḫ.{A} ({Lemma} #1419)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1419/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1419/},
}