MUL d.Za-ba4-ba4
kakkab Zababa

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-05-27
Primary meaning Star of Zababa
Literal translation Star of Zababa
Variants
MUL d.Za-ba4-ba4 kakkab Zababa
mul.Za-ba4-ba4 Zababa
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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 d.Za-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 d.Za-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 d.Za-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 d.Za-ba4-ba4 (Lemma #1628), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1628/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1628,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	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/},
}