mul.MAR.GID2.DA
ereqqu

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-10-11
Primary meaning Wagon-star
Literal translation Wagon-star
Variants
mul.MAR.GID2.DA ereqqu
mul2.MAR.GID2.DA ereqqu
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Wagon-star constellation

approx. corresponding to Ursa Major

[i]ti.KIN 3 mul2.ELLAG2 1.40 mul2.MAŠ.TAB.BA.GAL.GAL 50 mul2.MAR.GID2.DA

‘[M]onth VI: 3 'The Kidney', 1,40 'The Great Twins', 50 'The Wagon'.’

— BM 34713 (LBAT 1499) obv. 6

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.MAR.GID2.DA (Lemma #332). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/332/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.MAR.GID2.DA (Lemma #332). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/332/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.MAR.GID2.DA (Lemma #332). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/332/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2023) mul.MAR.GID2.DA (Lemma #332), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/332/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac332,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2023},
	title = {mul.{MAR}.{GID2}.{DA} ({Lemma} #332)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/332/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/332/},
}