mul.MU.BU.KEŠ2.DA
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Akkadian noun

Last edited: 2023-10-31
Primary meaning Hitched-Yoke-star
Literal translation Hitched-Yoke-star
Variants
mul.MU.BU.KEŠ2.DA
Edited by
Hitched-Yoke-star constellation

Approx. corresponding to α Draconis (?)

DIŠ mul.MU.BU.KEŠ2.DA d.A-num GAL-u2 ša2 AN-e

‘¶ The Hitched Yoke, great Anu of heaven.’

— BM 86378 i 19

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.MU.BU.KEŠ2.DA (Lemma #407). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/407/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.MU.BU.KEŠ2.DA (Lemma #407). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/407/
MLA (9th)
Schreiber, M. (2023). mul.MU.BU.KEŠ2.DA (Lemma #407). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/407/
Harvard
Schreiber, M. (2023) mul.MU.BU.KEŠ2.DA (Lemma #407), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/407/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac407,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Schreiber, Marvin},
	year = {2023},
	title = {mul.{MU}.{BU}.{KE}Š2.{DA} ({Lemma} #407)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/407/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/407/},
}