mul.NUN.ki
Eridu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-06-03
Primary meaning Eridu
Literal translation Eridu (star)
Variants
mul.NUN.ki Eridu
NUN.ki Eridu
mul₂.NUN.ki Eridu
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Eridu constellation, star

Star or constellation corresponding to Canopus (= α Carinae) and/or a part of Puppis. See Hunger ADRT VII, XV.

29 mul₂.NUN.ki ina NIM ⸢IGI⸣

‘(Day) 29, the Eridu (star) appears in the east.’

— BM 41900 (ADRT VII No. 196) obv. 12

Genre: astronomical diaries and related texts: almanac
Provenance: Babylon
Date: ca. 70 BCE

Hunger, H. 2014. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. VII: Almanacs and Normal Star Almanacs. Vienna, Austria: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 388-389

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). mul.NUN.ki (Lemma #1809). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1809/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). mul.NUN.ki (Lemma #1809). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1809/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). mul.NUN.ki (Lemma #1809). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1809/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) mul.NUN.ki (Lemma #1809), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1809/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1809,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {mul.{NUN}.ki ({Lemma} #1809)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1809/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1809/},
}