MUL₂ ar₂ ša₂ MUL₂.MUL₂
kakkabu arkû ša zappi

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-10-27
Primary meaning the rear star of the Pleiades
Literal translation the rear star of the Stars
Variants
MUL₂ ar₂ ša₂ MUL₂.MUL₂ kakkabu arkû ša zappi
Edited by
27 Tauri star: normal star

Jones (2004) a1. Rarely attested, identified by Jones (2004)

16 BAR 3 SIG MUL₂ ar₂ ša₂ MUL₂.MUL₂ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃

‘(Year) 16, month I, (day) 3, it (Venus) was 1 1/2 cubits below the rear star of the bristle.’

— BM 36751+ (ADRT V No. 61) rev. iii 11

Genre: astronomical diaries and related texts: planetary excerpt
Provenance: Babylon
Date: ca. 280-320 BCE

Hunger, H. 2001. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. V. Lunar and Planetary Texts. Vienna, Austria: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wis­senschaften. 230-231

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). MUL₂ ar₂ ša₂ MUL₂.MUL₂ (Lemma #247). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/247/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). MUL₂ ar₂ ša₂ MUL₂.MUL₂ (Lemma #247). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/247/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). MUL₂ ar₂ ša₂ MUL₂.MUL₂ (Lemma #247). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/247/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) MUL₂ ar₂ ša₂ MUL₂.MUL₂ (Lemma #247), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/247/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac247,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {MUL₂ ar₂ ša₂ {MUL}₂.{MUL}₂ ({Lemma} #247)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/247/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/247/},
}