MUL ne₂-bu-u₂ ša₂ GABA-šu₂
kakkabu nebû ša irtišu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-06-02
Primary meaning Bright Star of its Breast
Literal translation Bright Star of its Breast
Variants
MUL ne₂-bu-u₂ ša₂ GABA-šu₂ kakkabu nebû ša irtišu
Edited by
Bright Star of its Breast star: ziqpu star

α Cygni. "Its Breast" refers to the Demon-with-the-gaping-mouth-star.

3 1/3 MA.NA MIN 2/3 DANNA i-na KI.MIN 36 lim DANNA ina KI.MIN | TA MUL ne₂-bi-i ša₂ GABA-šu₂ EN mul.kin-⸢ṣi⸣

‘3 1/3 minas ditto (weight), 2/3 bēru on ditto (the ground), 36 thousand bēru in ditto (heaven), from the Bright Star of its Breast to the Knee.’

— AO 6478 (TCL VI 21 = TU 21) obv. 21'-22'

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. (2024). MUL ne₂-bu-u₂ ša₂ GABA-šu₂ (Lemma #1421). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1421/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2024). MUL ne₂-bu-u₂ ša₂ GABA-šu₂ (Lemma #1421). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1421/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). MUL ne₂-bu-u₂ ša₂ GABA-šu₂ (Lemma #1421). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1421/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2024) MUL ne₂-bu-u₂ ša₂ GABA-šu₂ (Lemma #1421), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1421/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1421,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2024},
	title = {MUL ne₂-bu-u₂ ša₂ {GABA}-šu₂ ({Lemma} #1421)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1421/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1421/},
}