kakkab Zababa

MUL ᵈZa-ba₄-ba₄
Akkadian · noun
variant mul.Za-ba₄-ba₄ : Zababa
Edited by: Marvin Schreiber
Last edited: 2024-05-27
Meanings
Literal translation
Star of Zababa
Categories
constellation

1. Star of Zababa

1.a Star of Zababa constellation

Approx. corresponding to parts of of Ophiuchus and Serpens.

DIŠ MUL d.Za-ba4-ba4 mul.TI8.mušen u mul.AD6

‘¶ The Star of Zababa, the Eagle, and the Corpse.’

— BM 86378 ii 12

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. 41

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). MUL dZa-ba₄-ba₄ (Lemma #1628). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1628/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2024). MUL dZa-ba₄-ba₄ (Lemma #1628). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1628/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). MUL dZa-ba₄-ba₄ (Lemma #1628). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1628/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2024) MUL dZa-ba₄-ba₄ (Lemma #1628), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1628/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1628,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2024},
	title = {MUL ᵈ{Za}-ba₄-ba₄ ({Lemma} #1628)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1628/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1628/},
}