2 MUL.MEŠ ša₂ SAG.DU mul.UR.GU.LA
2 kakkabū ša qaqqad nēši

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2025-05-28
Primary meaning 2 stars of the head of the Lion star
Literal translation 2 stars of the head of the Lion star
Variants
2 MUL.MEŠ ša₂ SAG.DU mul.UR.GU.LA 2 kakkabū ša qaqqad nēši
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2 stars of the head of the Lion star star: ziqpu star

ε, μ Leonis

1 2/3 MA.NA MIN 10 UŠ i-na KI.MIN 18 lim DANNA ina KI.MIN | TA 2 MUL.MEŠ ša₂ SAG.DU mul.UR.GU.LA EN MUL 4 ša₂ GABA-šu₂

‘1 2/3 minas ditto (weight), 10 UŠ on ditto (the ground), 18 thousand bēru in ditto (heaven), | from the 2 stars of the head of the Lion to the 4 stars of its (the Lion's) breast.’

— AO 6478 (TCL VI 21 = TU 21) rev. 13-14

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, 215-225 219


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2025). 2 MUL.MEŠ ša₂ SAG.DU mul.UR.GU.LA (Lemma #1518). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1518/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2025). 2 MUL.MEŠ ša₂ SAG.DU mul.UR.GU.LA (Lemma #1518). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1518/

MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2025). 2 MUL.MEŠ ša₂ SAG.DU mul.UR.GU.LA (Lemma #1518). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1518/

Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2025) 2 MUL.MEŠ ša₂ SAG.DU mul.UR.GU.LA (Lemma #1518), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1518/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1518,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2025},
	title = {2 {MUL}.{ME}Š ša₂ {SAG}.{DU} mul.{UR}.{GU}.{LA} ({Lemma} #1518)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1518/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1518/},
}