?

mul.MU.BU.KEŠ₂.DA
Akkadian · noun
variant mul.MU.BU.KEŠ₂.DA
Edited by: Marvin Schreiber
Last edited: 2023-10-31
Meanings
Literal translation
hitched yoke
Categories
constellation

1. Hitched-Yoke-star

1.a 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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac407,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	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/},
}