laḫru

mul.U₈
Akkadian · noun
Edited by: Marvin Schreiber
Last edited: 2023-07-03

Meanings
Literal translation
ewe
Categories
constellation

1. Ewe-star

1.a 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: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac406,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2023},
	title = {mul.{U}₈ ({Lemma} #406)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/406/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/406/},
}