kalbu

mul.UR.GI₇
Akkadian · noun
variant mul₂.UR.GI₇ : kalbu
Edited by: Marvin Schreiber
Last edited: 2023-07-03
Meanings
Literal translation
dog
Categories
constellation
Related Lemmata 1 ›

1. Dog-star

1.a Dog-star constellation

Approx. corresponding to the southern part of Hercules.

DIŠ MUL ša2 ina IGI mul.UZ3 GUB-zu mul.UR.GI7

‘¶ The star which stands in front of the Goat: the Dog.’

— BM 86378 i 25

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. 35

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.UR.GI₇ (Lemma #373). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/373/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.UR.GI₇ (Lemma #373). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/373/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.UR.GI₇ (Lemma #373). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/373/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2023) mul.UR.GI₇ (Lemma #373), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/373/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac373,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2023},
	title = {mul.{UR}.{GI}₇ ({Lemma} #373)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/373/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/373/},
}