mul.KAK.SI.SA2
šukūdu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2025-02-26
Primary meaning Arrow-star, Sirius
Literal translation Arrow-star
Variants
mul.KAK.SI.SA2 šukūdu
mul2.KAK.SI.SA2 šukūdu
MUL.KAK.BAN šukūdu
MUL₂.KAK.BAN šukūdu Logogram attested mainly in astronomical diaries and related texts
KAK.BAN šukūdu Logogram attested mainly in astronomical diaries and related texts
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Arrow-star constellation

Approx. corresponding to Canis Maior, Canis Minor, and parts of Puppis and Pyxis

Arrow-star, Sirius star

Sirius (α Canis Maioris)

[iti].ŠU 3.40 mul2.KAK.SI.SA2 2 mul2.UR.A 1 mul2.MUŠ

‘[Mo]nth IV: 3,40 'The Arrow', 2 'The Lion', 1 'The Snake'.’

— BM 34713 (LBAT 1499) obv. 5

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

15 KAK.BAN ŠU₂

‘(Year 39, month II, day) 15, Sirius’ (heliacal) setting.’

— BM 32618 (ADRT VII No. 6) obv. 3'

Genre: astronomical diaries and related texts: normal star almanac
Provenance: Babylon
Date: ca. 274 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. 10-11

23 MUL₂.KAK.BAN IGI

‘(Day) 23, Sirius appears.’

— BM 34758 (ADRT VII No. 90) obv. 22

Genre: astronomical diaries and related texts: normal star almanac
Provenance: Babylon
Date: ca. 118 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. 208-209

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2025). mul.KAK.SI.SA2 (Lemma #328). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/328/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2025). mul.KAK.SI.SA2 (Lemma #328). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/328/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2025). mul.KAK.SI.SA2 (Lemma #328). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/328/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2025) mul.KAK.SI.SA2 (Lemma #328), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/328/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac328,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2025},
	title = {mul.{KAK}.{SI}.{SA2} ({Lemma} #328)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/328/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/328/},
}