mul.kin-ṣu
kinṣu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-10-27
Primary meaning Knee star
Literal translation Knee star
Variants
mul.kin-ṣu kinṣu
Edited by
Knee star star: ziqpu star

α, β Lacertae. Part of the constellation "Demon with the Gaping Mouth".

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.kin-ṣu (Lemma #1423). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1423/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2024). mul.kin-ṣu (Lemma #1423). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1423/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). mul.kin-ṣu (Lemma #1423). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1423/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2024) mul.kin-ṣu (Lemma #1423), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1423/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1423,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2024},
	title = {mul.kin-ṣu ({Lemma} #1423)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1423/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1423/},
}