MUL₂ TUR ša₂ 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ár MÚL ar₂ ša₂ SUHUR.MAŠ₂
kakkabu ṣeḫru ša 2 1/2 ammatu arki kakkabi arkî ša suḫurmāši

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-10-27
Primary meaning ι Aquarii
Literal translation The small star which is 2 1/2 cubits behind the rear ̆ star of the goat-fish
Variants
MUL₂ TUR ša₂ 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ár MÚL ar₂ ša₂ SUHUR.MAŠ₂ kakkabu ṣeḫru ša 2 1/2 ammatu arki kakkabi arkî ša suḫurmāši
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ι Aquarii star: normal star

Jones (2004) a10

[... GU₄].UD ŠU₂ <ina> ZALAG₂-ru GENNA E-a IB₂.TAG₄ dUDU.IDIM.MEŠ NU GUB.MEŠ 3 KUŠ₃ ⸢ar₂⸣ MUL₂ TUR ša₂ 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ⸢ar₂⸣ [MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SUḪUR-MAŠ₂ a-dir ...]

‘[... Mer]cury set; <during> clearing, Saturn came out; the remainder of the planets did not stand there; 3 cubits behind the small star which is 2 1/2 cubits behind [the rear star of the goat-fish it was eclipsed ...]’

— BM 33044+33047 (ADRT III No. -122D) obv. 10'

Genre: astronomical diary
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 123 BCE

Sachs, A. J., Hunger, H. 1996. Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts from Babylonia, Vol. III. Diaries from 164 B.C. to 61 B.C. Vienna, Austria: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.

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APA (7th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). MUL₂ TUR ša₂ 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ár MÚL ar₂ ša₂ SUHUR.MAŠ₂ (Lemma #307). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/307/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). MUL₂ TUR ša₂ 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ár MÚL ar₂ ša₂ SUHUR.MAŠ₂ (Lemma #307). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/307/
MLA (9th)
Ossendrijver, M. (2024). MUL₂ TUR ša₂ 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ár MÚL ar₂ ša₂ SUHUR.MAŠ₂ (Lemma #307). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/307/
Harvard
Ossendrijver, M. (2024) MUL₂ TUR ša₂ 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ár MÚL ar₂ ša₂ SUHUR.MAŠ₂ (Lemma #307), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/307/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac307,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Ossendrijver, Mathieu},
	year = {2024},
	title = {MUL₂ {TUR} ša₂ 2 1/2 {KU}Š₃ ár {M}Ú{L} ar₂ ša₂ {SUHUR}.{MA}Š₂ ({Lemma} #307)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/307/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/307/},
}