mul.U8
laḫru

Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-07-03
Primary meaning Ewe-star
Literal translation Ewe-star
Variants
mul.U8 laḫru
Edited by
Ewe-star constellation

Approx. corresponding to the northeastern part of Boötes (?)

DIŠ ⌈MUL ša2⌉ ina ⌈SAG⌉.KI mul.MAR.GID2.DA GUB-zu mul.U8 d.A-a

‘¶ The star which stands in the front part of the Wagon: the Ewe, Aja.’

— BM 86378 i 18

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. 33

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.U8 (Lemma #406). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/406/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.U8 (Lemma #406). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/406/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.U8 (Lemma #406). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/406/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2023) mul.U8 (Lemma #406), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/406/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac406,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2023},
	title = {mul.{U8} ({Lemma} #406)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/406/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/406/},
}