kakkabu

MUL

Akkadian · noun

variants MUL₂ : kakkabu , MUL₄ : kakkabu , MULx : kakkabu

Edited by: Marvin Schreiber
Last edited: 2024-09-23

Meanings

1. star

2. constellation

3. zodiac sign

Literal translation

star

1. star

1.a star astronomical term, celestial object

DIŠ 1 MUL MU2-uḫ : U4 1-KAM ina ŠA3 <<ina ŠA3>> d.UDU.IDIM.MEŠ IGI-ma : ša2-niš MUL2 <ana> ŠA3-šu2 | KU4-ma

‘¶ "If one star rises" (means): on the 1st day among «among» the planets it appears; alternatively (it means): a star enters inside it.’

— AO 6464 (TCL VI 17 = TU 17) rev. 18-19

Genre: commentary Provenance: Uruk Date: late 4th century BCE

Hunger, H. 1995. Ein Kommentar zu Mond-Omina. In: Vom Alten Orient zum Alten Testament, Festschrift für Wolfram Freiherrn von Soden zum 85. Geburtstag am 19. Juni 1993, eds.W. Dietrich and O. Loretz. Butzon & Kevelaer: 105-118.

2. constellation

2.a constellation astronomical term, celestial object

3. zodiac sign

3.a zodiac sign astronomical term, astrological concept, spatial concept

Cite this entry

APA (7th)

Schreiber, M. (2024). MUL (Lemma #1550). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1550/

Chicago (Author-Date)

Schreiber, M. (2024). MUL (Lemma #1550). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1550/

MLA (9th)

Schreiber, M. (2024). MUL (Lemma #1550). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1550/

Harvard

Schreiber, M. (2024) MUL (Lemma #1550), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1550/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac1550,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2024},
	title = {MUL ({Lemma} #1550)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1550/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1550/},
}