mul.GABA GIR2.TAB
irat zuqaqīpi

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-11-18
Primary meaning α Scorpii
Literal translation Breast-of-the-Scorpion star
Variants
mul.GABA GIR2.TAB irat zuqaqīpi
Edited by
α Scorpii (Antares) star

The star is also known as the Lisi-star.

DIŠ mul.GABA GIR2.TAB u mul.UZ3 KUR.MEŠ-ma mul.ŠU.GI u mul.SIPA.ZI.AN.NA ŠU2.MEŠ

‘¶ The Breast of the Scorpion and the Goat rise, and the Old Man and the True Shepherd of Anu set.’

— BM 86378 iii 26

Genre: schematic astronomy: mulapin
Provenance: ?
Date: ca. 626-539 BCE

Hunger, H. and Steele, J., 2019. The Babylonian Astronomical Compendium MUL.APIN. London and New York: Routledge. 56

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). mul.GABA GIR2.TAB (Lemma #1570). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1570/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2024). mul.GABA GIR2.TAB (Lemma #1570). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1570/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). mul.GABA GIR2.TAB (Lemma #1570). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1570/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2024) mul.GABA GIR2.TAB (Lemma #1570), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1570/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1570,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2024},
	title = {mul.{GABA} {GIR2}.{TAB} ({Lemma} #1570)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1570/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1570/},
}