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
star or constellation

1. Star of Zababa

1.a Star of Zababa star or 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: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1628,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	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/},
}