mul.PAN
qaštu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2024-06-03
Primary meaning Bow-star
Literal translation Bow-star
Variants
mul.PAN qaštu
mul2.PAN qaštu
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Bow-star constellation, constellation: 3 x 12 constellations

approx. corresponding to δ, ε, σ, ω Canis Minoris and κ Puppis

[it]i.NE 3.20 mul2.PAN 1.50 mul2.MAŠ.TAB.BA 5[5 mul2.U]D.AL.TAR

‘[Mo]nth V: 3,20 'The Bow', 1,50 'The Twins', 5[5 Ju]piter.’

— 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

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). mul.PAN (Lemma #330). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/330/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2024). mul.PAN (Lemma #330). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/330/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2024). mul.PAN (Lemma #330). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/330/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2024) mul.PAN (Lemma #330), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/330/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac330,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2024},
	title = {mul.{PAN} ({Lemma} #330)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/330/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/330/},
}