4 ša₂ mul.LU.LIM
4 ša lulīmu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-10-27
Primary meaning 4 of the Stag star
Literal translation 4 of the Stag star
Variants
4 ša₂ mul.LU.LIM 4 ša lulīmu
Edited by
4 of the Stag star star: ziqpu star

α, β, γ, δ Cassiopeiae

[...] ⸢MA⸣.NA MIN 1/2 DANNA i-na KI.MIN 27 lim DANNA [...] | TA 4 ša₂ mul.LU.LIM EN MUL um-mu-lu-[ti]

‘[...] minas ditto (weight) 1/2 bēru on ditto (the ground) 27 thousand bēru [...], | from the 4 (stars) of the Stag to the Dusky Stars.’

— AO 6478 (TCL VI 21 = TU 21) obv. 27'-28'

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). 4 ša₂ mul.LU.LIM (Lemma #1425). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1425/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2024). 4 ša₂ mul.LU.LIM (Lemma #1425). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1425/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). 4 ša₂ mul.LU.LIM (Lemma #1425). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1425/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2024) 4 ša₂ mul.LU.LIM (Lemma #1425), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1425/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1425,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2024},
	title = {4 ša₂ mul.{LU}.{LIM} ({Lemma} #1425)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1425/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1425/},
}