mul.APIN
epinnu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-07-03
Primary meaning Plough-star
Literal translation Plough-star
Variants
mul.APIN epinnu
mul.giš.APIN epinnu
mul2.APIN epinnu
Edited by
Plough-star constellation

approx. corresponding to α, β Trianguli and γ Andromedae

[DIŠ mul.giš.APIN d.En-lil2 a-li]k pa-ni MUL.MEŠ šu-ut d.En-lil2

‘[¶ The Plough, Enlil, who go]es in front of the stars of Enlil.’

— BM 86378 i 1

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. 29

[iti.G]U4 3.40 MUL2.MUL2 1.40 mul2.Dil-bat 50 mul2.APIN

‘[Mon]th 2: 3,40 'The Stars', 1,40 Venus, 50 'The Plough'’

— BM 34713 (LBAT 1499) obv. 2

Genre: schematic astronomy: 'three stars each' + rising times
Provenance: Babylon
Date: 4th-2nd cent BCE

Horowitz, W., 2014. The Three Stars Each: The Astrolabes and Related Texts (Archiv für Orientforschung, Beiheft 33). Horn/Wien: Berger & Söhne/Institut für Orientalistik der Universität Wien. 126

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.APIN (Lemma #325). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/325/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.APIN (Lemma #325). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/325/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.APIN (Lemma #325). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/325/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2023) mul.APIN (Lemma #325), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/325/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac325,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2023},
	title = {mul.{APIN} ({Lemma} #325)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/325/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/325/},
}